LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY < PREVIOUS HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY #1430-21 NEXT >   HISTORIC NAME: Matthews-Nixdorf House COMMON NAME: . LOCATION: 503 Mountain Avenue BLOCK/LOT: . VILLAGE: Gillette USGS QUAD: Chatham OWNER: UTM REFS: Zone/Northing/Easting DESCRIPTION CONSTRUCTION DATE: SOURCE OF DATE: . ARCHITECT: . BUILDER: STYLE: Vernacular FORM / PLAN TYPE: NUMBER OF STORIES: FOUNDATION: Fieldstone EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC: Clapboard and shingles FENESTRATION: 2/2 and replacement 1/1 sash ROOF: Gable roof CHIMNEY(S): ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: South portion of house appears to be older: East Jersey cottage type. Centered entry in pedimented portico with two panel Greek Revival style door. PHOTO(S) (B4:13, 1986) SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES House sited very close to road.  SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT URBAN SUBURBAN SCATTERED BUILDING OPEN SPACE WOODLAND X RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL OTHER   SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION The 1868 Atlas of Morris County identifies this as the residence of J. Matthews. At the time, it must have been a farmhouse reached by a lane from Valley Road, as Mountain Avenue was not created until the 1870s. At the turn of the 20th century the northern section of the building was a general store operated by A. W. Nixdorf. ORIGINAL USE: Residence PRESENT USE: Residence PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURES: . EXCELLENT X GOOD . FAIR . POOR REGISTER ELIGIBILITY: . YES . POSSIBLE .X. NO c PART OF DISTRICT THREATS TO SITE: .X. ROADS . DEVELOPMENT . ZONING . DETERIORATION X . NO THREAT . OTHER . .. .. COMMENTS:   REFERENCES: Passaic Township History page 14-15 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 #1430-21 NEXT >