Historic Sites Inventory No. 1430-58

LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY

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HISTORIC NAME:

All Saint's Episcopal Church

COMMON NAME:

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LOCATION:

Basking Ridge Road

BLOCK/LOT:

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VILLAGE:

Millington

USGS QUAD:

Bernardsville

OWNER:

UTM REFS:

Zone/Northing/Easting

DESCRIPTION

CONSTRUCTION DATE:

1905, additions 1957

SOURCE OF DATE:

Documentation

ARCHITECT:

Frederick P. Kelley

BUILDER:

Nicholas Thomas

STYLE:

Norman Eclectic Revival

FORM / PLAN TYPE:

Rectangular

NUMBER OF STORIES:

1

FOUNDATION:

Stone

EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC:

Random fieldstone with rough-cut quoins and keystones.

FENESTRATION:

Pointed arch openings with diamond-pattern windows.

ROOF:

Gable roof with kicked eaves.

CHIMNEY(S):

none

ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:

Entry base of a square towner with parapet top. Offices and classrooms parallel nave. Interior: a long, low nave with rough-sawn beams forming a simple Queen truss above whitewashed walls.

PHOTO(S)

(B3:1430-58, 1986)

SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES

Rectory to side of church-stone and stucco electic Revival house, with round-arched door and casement windows.

SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT

URBAN

SUBURBAN
X
SCATTERED BUILDING

OPEN SPACE

WOODLAND

RESIDENTIAL

AGRICULTURAL

VILLAGE

INDUSTRIAL

DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL

HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL

OTHER

SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Frederick Taff donated land for an Episcopal Churhc in 1904, twenty years after the local congregation had first formed by meeting in homes and the Millington schoolhouses. The church was built in 1905-06 and named All Saints' Mission. A permanent vicar was not appointed until 1941; in 1949, the congregation became an independent parish.

The wealth and aspirations of the congregation, originally, composed largely of New Yorkers who had estates on Long Hill, is evident in the architecture of the church.

ORIGINAL USE:

Church

PRESENT USE:

Church

PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURES:
X
EXCELLENT
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GOOD
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FAIR
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POOR

REGISTER ELIGIBILITY:
X
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:

A well-detailed building with its historic architectural fabric intact. All Saint's Episcopal Church Rectory stands northwest of the church building and was constructed a generation after the main building, although its European-eclectic architecture harmonizes well with the church.

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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