Historic Sites Inventory No. 1430-52

LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY

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HISTORIC NAME:

Nash House

COMMON NAME:

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LOCATION:

34 Sunnyslope

BLOCK/LOT:

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VILLAGE:

Millington

USGS QUAD:

Bernardsville

OWNER:

UTM REFS:

Zone/Northing/Easting

DESCRIPTION

CONSTRUCTION DATE:

1908

SOURCE OF DATE:

Owner

ARCHITECT:

R. S. Shapter

BUILDER:

STYLE:

Eclectic Revival

FORM / PLAN TYPE:

"L" plan

NUMBER OF STORIES:

2 1/2

FOUNDATION:

Stucco

EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC:

Wooden shingles and half-timbered stucco

FENESTRATION:

1/1 sash

ROOF:

Steep gambreled and gable roof with slate shingles

CHIMNEY(S):

ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:

Second floor extends beyond first floor with molded eaves. Deep porches across facade on pier supports. Original oak front door flanked by leaded sidelights.

PHOTO(S)

(B3:1430-52 1986)

(1986)

SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES

Main house on crest of a hill, facing south to village of Millington. Bungalow below main house, 1 1/2 story, shingled with deep porch on facade. Heavily overgrown with shrubs. Fair condition.

SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT

URBAN

SUBURBAN

SCATTERED BUILDING

OPEN SPACE

WOODLAND
X
RESIDENTIAL

AGRICULTURAL

VILLAGE

INDUSTRIAL

DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL

HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL

OTHER

One story, two-car shingled garage to rear of property. One story ship-lap outbuilding.

SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION

Built for Mrs. Nash in 1908 to designs by the Summit, New Jersey architect R.S. Shapter. Mrs. Nash built the smaller bungalow at the end of the drive a few years later.

ORIGINAL USE:

Residence

PRESENT USE:

Residence

PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURES:
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EXCELLENT
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GOOD
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FAIR
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POOR

REGISTER ELIGIBILITY:
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YES
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POSSIBLE
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NO
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PART OF DISTRICT

THREATS TO SITE:
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ROADS
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DEVELOPMENT
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ZONING
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DETERIORATION

X
X.
NO THREAT
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OTHER
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COMMENTS:

REFERENCES:

RECORDED BY:

Janet W. Foster

DATE:

March-July 1986

ORGANIZATION:

Acroterion

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UPDATED ENTRY BY:

L. Fast / Eileen Stovall

DATE:

June 1999

ORGANIZATION:

Long Hill Township Historic Preservation Advisory Committee

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