Historic Sites Inventory No. 1430-56

LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY

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HISTORIC NAME:

Dunn-Peck House

COMMON NAME:

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LOCATION:

1767 Long Hill Road

BLOCK/LOT:

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VILLAGE:

Millington

USGS QUAD:

Bernardsville

OWNER:

UTM REFS:

Zone/Northing/Easting

DESCRIPTION

CONSTRUCTION DATE:

1840

SOURCE OF DATE:

Visual

ARCHITECT:

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BUILDER:

STYLE:

East Jersey cottage/Greek Revival

FORM / PLAN TYPE:

Five bay center hall

NUMBER OF STORIES:

2

FOUNDATION:

Fieldstone

EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC:

Clapboard, flush boarded frieze

FENESTRATION:

6/1 sash, eyebrow windows

ROOF:

Gable roof

CHIMNEY(S):

End and interior brick chimney

ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:

Traditional house form with Greek Revival-style detailing. Facade porch on pier supports; front door enframement set with pilasters and sidelights. Shed dormer on facade. Applied corner pilasters. House is banked into hillside.

PHOTO(S)

(B3:1430-56 1986)

SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES

Frame barn partially altered for use as a garage. Ramshackle frame outbuildings.

SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT

URBAN

SUBURBAN

SCATTERED BUILDING

OPEN SPACE

WOODLAND
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RESIDENTIAL

AGRICULTURAL

VILLAGE

INDUSTRIAL

DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL

HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL

OTHER

SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION
This farmhouse combines the traditional building form of the 18th and early 19th centuries, known as the East Jersey cottage, with numerous details of the Greek Revival style. This was the property of A. Dunn in 1868, and of M. Peck in 1887, according to atlases of Morris County for those years.

ORIGINAL USE:

Farm

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

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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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