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NAME: Joshua Davis
House COMMON
NAME: . LOCATION: 433 South Northfield
Road BLOCK/LOT: . VILLAGE: Millington USGS
QUAD: Bernardsville OWNER: UTM
REFS: Zone/Northing/Easting
CONSTRUCTION
DATE: 1764 SOURCE OF
DATE: ARCHITECT: . BUILDER: STYLE: Colonial FORM / PLAN
TYPE: Center entry 5 bay
facade NUMBER OF
STORIES: 2 1/2 FOUNDATION: Fieldstone EXTERIOR WALL
FABRIC: Clapboard FENESTRATION: 6/6 ROOF: Gable roof CHIMNEY(S): Tow interior brick
chimneys ADDITIONAL
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Eyebrow windows, flat-roofed
porch, main entry Italianate-style door. Small
shed-roof addition on east side.
House faces south, gabel end to road. Frame barn with shiplap siding, two-car garage and assorted out buildings. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT
The house is at the end of South Northfield Road, overlooking the wetlands and the wooded valley of the Passaic. SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION Local historians date this house to 1764. The cottage form of the house ad its small windows, as well as the siting near the Passaic River supports this. Joshua Davis was an 18th century settler of 150 acres in this part of Passaic Township/Long Hill Township. In 1787 he had title to the present house. The house appears in the 1868 Atlas of Morris County as the property of "S. White." The 1887 Atlas identifies this as the "J. King" residence.
PHYSICAL
CONDITION OF STRUCTURES: EXCELLENT GOOD FAIR POOR REGISTER
ELIGIBILITY: YES POSSIBLE NO PART OF DISTRICT THREATS TO
SITE: ROADS DEVELOPMENT ZONING DETERIORATION X NO THREAT OTHER .. .. COMMENTS: A well-preserved
farmstead enhanced by its setting. 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 . .
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