LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY < PREVIOUS HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY #1430-25 NEXT >   HISTORIC NAME: . COMMON NAME: . LOCATION: 561 Mountain Avenue 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: Vernacular Queen Anne FORM / PLAN TYPE: Square NUMBER OF STORIES: 2 1/2 FOUNDATION: Fieldstone EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC: Clapboard and shingles FENESTRATION: 1/1 ROOF: Gable roof CHIMNEY(S): Tow interior chimneys ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Paired bay windows on facade, one pedimented with round-arched attic window, the other with a tower top. Center bay entry, front porch extends around north side of house. 1950s front door replaces original. PHOTO(S) (B5:5, 1986) SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES Circular drive SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT URBAN SUBURBAN X SCATTERED BUILDING OPEN SPACE WOODLAND RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL X VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL OTHER Located south of the main intersection of Gillette village, in an area of mixed office use, residences and open space. SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION  A local builder's interpretation of the Queen Anne style, with a fashionable late 19th century details applied to a simple, vernacular house form. 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 . ZONING . DETERIORATION X X NO THREAT . OTHER . .. .. COMMENTS:  A good candidate for preservation and adaptive reuse due to its size, siting and location. 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 #1430-25 NEXT >