LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY < PREVIOUS HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY #1430-51 NEXT > HISTORIC NAME: Solomon Boyle House COMMON NAME: Millington House LOCATION: 46-48 Sunnyslope BLOCK/LOT: 126.02/19 VILLAGE: Millington USGS QUAD: Bernardsville OWNER: UTM REFS: DESCRIPTION CONSTRUCTION DATE: circa 1750 SOURCE OF DATE: owner ARCHITECT: . BUILDER: STYLE: Vernacular Federal FORM / PLAN TYPE: Block and Wing NUMBER OF STORIES: 2 FOUNDATION: Rubble Stone EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC: Painted shingles over clapboard (brick filled) FENESTRATION: 9/6=7; 6/6=14; 2/2=10; 3 casement ROOF: Asphalt shingles CHIMNEY(S): 2, one at each end of house ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Remodeling circa 1885 included addition of 2 porches, windows and door replacement. Garage added 1967. PHOTO(S)   (1998) (B7:17, 1986) SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES  Faces South. On a significant slope on Long Hill, perhaps greater than 15% SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT URBAN SUBURBAN SCATTERED BUILDING OPEN SPACE WOODLAND RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL X VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL OTHER Sunnyslope is a private right of way that was bypassed in th early 1920s to permit a new configuration to the center of Millington. Originally Sunyslope, as a part of Long Hill Road, was an Indian path and later a stage coach road.   SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION   ORIGINAL USE: Farm Residence PRESENT USE: Residence PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURES: . EXCELLENT X GOOD . FAIR . POOR REGISTER ELIGIBILITY: . YES . POSSIBLE . NO c PART OF DISTRICT THREATS TO SITE: . ROADS . DEVELOPMENT . ZONING X DETERIORATION X . NO THREAT . OTHER . .. . .. COMMENTS:  Might have been two separate houses that were moved and joined together. The structure was significantly modified in late 1880's--windows and doors were changed, a roof on 46 side was raised and two porches were added. REFERENCES: RECORDED BY: Janet W. Foster DATE: March-July 1986 ORGANIZATION: Acroterion . . UPDATED ENTRY BY: William O. Watts DATE: August 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 #1430-51 NEXT >