LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY < PREVIOUS HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY #1430-19 NEXT >   HISTORIC NAME: . COMMON NAME: Pfeifer's Farm LOCATION: 197 Morristown Road BLOCK/LOT: . VILLAGE: Gillette USGS QUAD: Chatham OWNER: UTM REFS: Zone/Northing/Easting DESCRIPTION CONSTRUCTION DATE: After 1887 SOURCE OF DATE: Maps ARCHITECT: . BUILDER: STYLE: Planbook Victorian FORM / PLAN TYPE: Side hall NUMBER OF STORIES: 2 1/2 FOUNDATION: Cement EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC: Asbestos shingle FENESTRATION: 2/2 sash ROOF: Gable CHIMNEY(S): ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Gable end facade with simple shed roof portico at front door. Vernacular house with extremely simple detailing. PHOTO(S) (B5: 3, 1986) SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES Frame barn in rear with asbestos shingle siding and corrugated room. Located in a broad flat valley.    SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT URBAN SUBURBAN SCATTERED BUILDING X OPEN SPACE WOODLAND RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL OTHER Just south of the railroad tracks. Open farmland surrounds the house.   SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION Of historic interest as one of the few remaining working farms in the township. (1986)   ORIGINAL USE: Residence PRESENT USE: Residence PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURES: . EXCELLENT . GOOD . FAIR X POOR REGISTER ELIGIBILITY: . YES . POSSIBLE X NO c PART OF DISTRICT THREATS TO SITE: . ROADS . DEVELOPMENT . ZONING X DETERIORATION X . NO THREAT . OTHER . .. .. COMMENTS:   REFERENCES: 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 #1430-19 NEXT >