LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY < PREVIOUS HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY #1430-24 NEXT >   HISTORIC NAME: . COMMON NAME: . LOCATION: 633 Valley Road (east of corner Mountain Avenue) BLOCK/LOT: . VILLAGE: Gillette USGS QUAD: Chatham OWNER: UTM REFS: Zone/Northing/Easting DESCRIPTION CONSTRUCTION DATE: ca. 1915 SOURCE OF DATE: Stylistic ARCHITECT: . BUILDER: STYLE: Bungalow FORM / PLAN TYPE: Square center entry NUMBER OF STORIES: 1 1/2 FOUNDATION: Concrete EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC: Clapboard FENESTRATION: 6/1 sash ROOF: Gable roof with extended eaves, knee bracket supports CHIMNEY(S): ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Integral front porch, rough cut stone base and battered pillar supports, ornate store window boxes on console brackets. PHOTO(S) (B4:11, 1986) SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES   There is a frame two-car garage at rear of property with bracket supports similar to house. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT URBAN SUBURBAN SCATTERED BUILDING OPEN SPACE WOODLAND RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL X HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL OTHER Adjacent to commercial structure (hair salon in 2002). Gravel parking lot in front of house mars its residential appearance. SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION A well-detailed Bungalow with idiosyncratic stonework at the base of the porch, possibly indicating the use of "leftovers" from a more elaborate masonry building. ORIGINAL USE: Residence PRESENT USE: Residence PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURES: . EXCELLENT GOOD X. FAIR . POOR REGISTER ELIGIBILITY: . YES . POSSIBLE X NO c PART OF DISTRICT THREATS TO SITE: . ROADS . DEVELOPMENT X ZONING . DETERIORATION X NO THREAT . OTHER . .. .. COMMENTS: Commercial area may soon encroach on this structure and force its alteration. REFERENCES: RECORDED BY: Janet W. Foster DATE: March-July 1986 ORGANIZATION: Acroterion . . UPDATED ENTRY BY: L. Fast DATE: March 2002 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 #1430-24 NEXT >