LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY < PREVIOUS HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY #1430-44 NEXT > HISTORIC NAME: . COMMON NAME: . LOCATION: 262-270, 260-262 River Road BLOCK/LOT: . VILLAGE: Millington USGS QUAD: Bernardsville OWNER: UTM REFS: Zone/Northing/Easting DESCRIPTION CONSTRUCTION DATE: ca. 1880 SOURCE OF DATE: . ARCHITECT: . BUILDER: STYLE: Vernacular FORM / PLAN TYPE: Four units symmetrically arranged. NUMBER OF STORIES: 2 FOUNDATION: Concrete EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC: Asbestos shingle FENESTRATION: 2/2 sash ROOF: Very low pitch roof; shallow cross gable on facade CHIMNEY(S): ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Each entry is marked by simple shed-roof porticoes. Molded eaves. PHOTO(S) (B3:1430-44, 1986) SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES  Set in modest lawn, screened from road by high hedge. Hipped roof frame garage to rear of property.  SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT URBAN SUBURBAN SCATTERED BUILDING OPEN SPACE WOODLAND X RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL OTHER  Near single-family post-World War II houses   SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION Workers' housing, probably constructed to house employees of the Acme Harrow Factory, which was in operation from 1880 to 1910 along River Road. During the height of its productivity, the producer of farm implements employed 125 men. 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 . NO THREAT . OTHER . .. .. COMMENTS:  A very plain building, with somewhat diminished integrity due to asbestos siding. REFERENCES: RECORDED BY: Janet W. Foster DATE: March-July 1986 ORGANIZATION: Acroterion . . UPDATED ENTRY BY: L. Fast / Eileen Stovall 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 #1430-44 NEXT >