LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY HISTORIC DISTRICT SURVEY < PREVIOUS HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY #1430-11 NEXT > DISTRICT NAME: Long View Summer Colony Meyersville/Gillette DISTRICT TYPE: Residential Area MUNICIPALITY: Long Hill Township COUNTY: Morris UTM REFERENCES: Zone/Northing/Easting USGS QUAD: Chatham DESCRIPTION   The steep north face of Long Hill, just south of the village of Meyersville, was initially developed as a summer colony, and later became a middle-class residential area. The wooded hillside is crossed by narrow unpaved roads with idyllic names such as Ideal Street, Home Street, and Youngsters Lane. The district extends from Long Hill Road, to Hickory Tavern Road, to Kalson Road. The Shingle Style and its vernacular derivatives influenced the design of the earliest houses in the area. Most notable of this type are 37 and 49 Ideal Street, and 686 Kalson Road. Later development tended to smaller structures influenced by the Craftsman movement. Three tiny summer houses clustered at the corner of Long View Terrace and Land Street best illustrate typical buildings of the 1920's. Curiously, however, the Bungalow does not appear in this district. Infill building from the 1940's to 1970's has completed development in the area. It is densely built, although the thickly wooded terrain and long vistas from most residences give a feeling of privacy and country living.   SIGNIFICANCE: Development began on the ridge of Long Hill Road about 1900, with construction of large, shingled and rusticated houses. They had a commanding view of the Watchung Hills to the south. When the sites with views were gone, development proceeded down the south slope of Long Hill, with smaller and less pretentious houses generally occupying the lower elevations. The entire area, centered on Long View Terrace, although used for year-round residences, retains a sense of an early 20th century summer colony, through the setting and architecture.   PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURES: . EXCELLENT 80% GOOD 20% FAIR . POOR REGISTER ELIGIBILITY: . YES . POSSIBLE X NO . PART OF DISTRICT THREATS TO DISTRICT: . ROADS . DEVELOPMENT . ZONING . DETERIORATION X . NO THREAT . OTHER . . . .. COMMENTS: Photos: B5 :26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 REFERENCES:   1986 Simple summer cottage on the corner of Land Street and Longview Terrace, now modified for year-round occupancy.   1986 Number 115 Longview Terrace. Although greatly modified, the cobblestone chimney, small size and spectacular hillside site mark this as an early 20th century summer cottage now converted to year-round use.   1986 Number 37 Ideal Street   1986 Number 49 Ideal Street. One of the earliest and largest of the cottages in the development.   1986 Number 686 Ralston Road.   1986 Number 60 Gillette Road.   RECORDED BY: Janet W. Foster DATE: March-July 1986 ORGANIZATION: Acroterion . . UPDATED ENTRY BY: L. Fast DATE: June 1999 ORGANIZATION: Long Hill Township Historic Preservation Advisory Committee . . RETURN TO: INTRODUCTION RETURN TO: STREET & SITES INDEX RETURN TO: FILE NUMBER INDEX RETURN TO: MAP INDEX RETURN TO: BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER INDEX . . . . . < PREVIOUS HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY #1430-11 NEXT >