LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY < PREVIOUS HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY #1430-34 NEXT >   HISTORIC NAME: F. Carl House COMMON NAME: . LOCATION: 1576 Valley Road BLOCK/LOT: . VILLAGE: Stirling USGS QUAD: Chatham OWNER: UTM REFS: Zone/Northing/Easting DESCRIPTION CONSTRUCTION DATE: between 1868 and 1887 SOURCE OF DATE: Maps ARCHITECT: . BUILDER: STYLE: Vernacular Italianate FORM / PLAN TYPE: L Plan NUMBER OF STORIES: 2 1/2 FOUNDATION: Fieldstone EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC: Clapboard FENESTRATION: 2/2 sash ROOF: Gable roof CHIMNEY(S): Center brick chimney ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Gable end facade with dentil cornice and brackets, round-arched attic windows, and gable end returns. Wrap around porch on facade and east side, paired front doors. PHOTO(S) (B5:17, 1986) SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES Ramshackle barn at rear of large lot with mature trees. Overgrown evergreen obscure house. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT URBAN SUBURBAN SCATTERED BUILDING OPEN SPACE WOODLAND X RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL OTHER Subdivision across street. SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION Identified on the 1887 Atlas of Morris Count as the residence of F. Carl. This house was built between 1868 and 1887. 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 . DETERIORATION X X NO THREAT . OTHER . .. .. COMMENTS: The house retains most of its original features and a spacious and appropriate setting. It is a good candidate for restoration. 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 #1430-34 NEXT >