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HISTORIC
NAME: John Boyle
House COMMON
NAME: . LOCATION: 47 Old Mill Road BLOCK/LOT: VILLAGE: Millington USGS
QUAD: Bernardsville OWNER: UTM
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DESCRIPTION
CONSTRUCTION
DATE: Early 19th Century SOURCE OF
DATE: . ARCHITECT: . BUILDER: . STYLE: Vernacular FORM / PLAN
TYPE: . NUMBER OF
STORIES: 2 FOUNDATION: Fieldstone
EXTERIOR WALL
FABRIC: Clapboard FENESTRATION: 6/6 sash ROOF: Shallow gable roof CHIMNEY(S): End interior brick chimneys ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL
DESCRIPTION: Facade length porch unifies the additive
building. Porch on pier supports with simple jigsaw
brackets. The house is banked in the hillside;
rather unusually, its gable end is the banked side
of the house.
PHOTO(S)
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(1998)
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(B7:25, 1986)
SITING, BOUNDARY
DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES
SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT
URBAN SUBURBAN SCATTERED BUILDING OPEN SPACE WOODLAND RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL OTHER
unpaved road lined with trees
SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Constructed for John Boyle, son of Solomon (see survey #1430-49) and proprietor of several mills at the turn of the 19th century.
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ORIGINAL USE: |
Residence |
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PRESENT USE: |
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: Exterior evidence of
tremendous foundation settlement and water damage.
The house is enhanced by its setting. The house may be register
eligible if linked to the house opposite Mill Road.
Both were built by members of the Boyle family and
both share a remarkably well-preserved
setting. REFERENCES:
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RECORDED BY: |
Janet W. Foster |
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March-July 1986 |
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Acroterion |
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UPDATED ENTRY BY: |
L. Fast |
DATE: |
July 1998 |
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ORGANIZATION: |
Long Hill Township Historic Preservation Advisory Committee |
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