LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY < PREVIOUS HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY #1430-49 NEXT > HISTORIC NAME: Solomon Boyle House COMMON NAME: . LOCATION: 42 Old Mill Road BLOCK/LOT: . VILLAGE: Millington USGS QUAD: Bernardsville OWNER: UTM REFS: DESCRIPTION CONSTRUCTION DATE: 1730s, 1840 SOURCE OF DATE: owner ARCHITECT: . BUILDER: . STYLE: Vernacular FORM / PLAN TYPE: Banked house, with framed three-bay wing NUMBER OF STORIES: 2 1/2 FOUNDATION: Rubblestone EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC: Clapboard FENESTRATION: 4/4 ROOF: Gable roof CHIMNEY(S): Interior brick chimney ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Molded cornice and gable end returns. Modern glassed-in sunroom to south, following lines of a traditional shed-roof addition. PHOTO(S)   (1998) (B7:22-24, 1986) banked facade (1986) View across Passaic River from Solomon Boyle House. (1986) SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES The building faces the Passaic River across a sloping grassy lawn. The building once stood on the main road through Millington, although the bridge over the Passaic at this point is now gone. Fieldstone abutments remain. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT URBAN SUBURBAN SCATTERED BUILDING X OPEN SPACE X WOODLAND RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL OTHER Unpaved road lined with trees.   SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION The banked portion of the house was built in the 1730's by early settler Solomon Boyle. He built a gristmill, sawmill, and forge at this site. The foundations of a mill remain across the river. The group of mills is said to have given the village of Millington its name. In the mid-19th century an addition was made to the house which then served as Millington's general store and post office for many years. ORIGINAL USE: Residence PRESENT USE: Residence PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURES: . EXCELLENT X GOOD . FAIR . POOR REGISTER ELIGIBILITY: X YES . POSSIBLE NO c PART OF DISTRICT THREATS TO SITE: . ROADS . DEVELOPMENT . ZONING DETERIORATION X X NO THREAT . OTHER . .. . .. COMMENTS: Excellent integrity enhanced by the setting. REFERENCES: RECORDED BY: Janet W. Foster DATE: March-July 1986 ORGANIZATION: Acroterion . . UPDATED ENTRY BY: L. Fast DATE: July 1998 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 #1430-49 NEXT >