LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY < PREVIOUS HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY #1430-13 NEXT >   HISTORIC NAME: Cammeyer Houses COMMON NAME: . LOCATION: 30 & 50 Hillside Drive BLOCK/LOT: . VILLAGE: Meyersville USGS QUAD: Chatham OWNER: UTM REFS: Zone/Northing/Easting DESCRIPTION CONSTRUCTION DATE: ca. 1880 SOURCE OF DATE: Maps, documentation ARCHITECT: . BUILDER: STYLE: Vernacular Queen Anne FORM / PLAN TYPE: Irregular NUMBER OF STORIES: 2 1/2 FOUNDATION: Stone EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC: Clapboard and shingles FENESTRATION: Multi-light upper sash over single light lower sash ROOF: Steep gable CHIMNEY(S): Multiple interior brick ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Shingled gables with starburst design at peak. #30: garage added under front porch #50: Jerkin-head addition to rear PHOTO(S) (B4:5,6 1986) (1986) SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES Houses sited on large wooded lots on quiet unpaved road (formerly the private driveway?) Simple sheds behind each house.   SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT URBAN SUBURBAN SCATTERED BUILDING OPEN SPACE X WOODLAND X RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL OTHER Great view of distant hills. Original property subdivided; surrounding area full of many small houses ca. 1950's.   SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION Mr. Cammeyer was a 19th century self-made man, who it is said, began his career selling shoelaces and ended by owning several shoe factories and stores. He had an estate created for himself in the eastern corner of the then Passaic Township which was quite a showplace at the turn-of-the century. After Cammeyer's death, the estate was subdivided by L. Preston Gates in the 1920's, becoming one of the first residential developments in the township. These two "summer cottages" are all that survive from the estate. ORIGINAL USE: Residence PRESENT USE: Residence PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURES: X EXCELLENT . GOOD . FAIR . POOR REGISTER ELIGIBILITY: . YES X POSSIBLE . NO c PART OF DISTRICT THREATS TO SITE: . ROADS . DEVELOPMENT . ZONING . DETERIORATION X X NO THREAT . OTHER . .. .. COMMENTS: More information on Cammeyer and the estate are needed before a definitive statement of National Register eligibility may be made. REFERENCES: Passaic Township History, page 14. RECORDED BY: Janet W. Foster DATE: March-July 1986 ORGANIZATION: Acroterion . . UPDATED ENTRY BY: L. Fast / W. O. Watts 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 #1430-13 NEXT >