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NAME: Boyle-Cooper
House COMMON
NAME: . LOCATION: 1434 Long Hill
Road BLOCK/LOT: . VILLAGE: Stirling/Millington USGS
QUAD: Bernardsville OWNER: UTM
REFS:
CONSTRUCTION
DATE: ca. l840 SOURCE OF
DATE: Visual ARCHITECT: . BUILDER: STYLE: Vernacular Greek
Revival FORM / PLAN
TYPE: Three-bay center entry
NUMBER OF
STORIES: 21/2 FOUNDATION: Fieldstone EXTERIOR WALL
FABRIC: Clapboard FENESTRATION: 6/6 sash ROOF: Gable CHIMNEY(S): Two end brick
chimneys ADDITIONAL
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Screened full-length facade
porch with pier supports and wide entablature.
Two-bay, two story addition to east side of house
and to rear. Gable end returns.
House faces south on a hillside. Large gambrel-roofed barn with shiplap siding in good condition. Board and batten shed and clapboard outbuildings also in good condition. Two other frame outbuildings and silo in ruins. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT
This farmhouse is noted in the 1868 Atlas as the property of C. Boyle. In 1887 it was owned by the Cooper family. Both the Boyles and Coopers were early and prolific settlers of the area.
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: The house and barns make up
the best preserved farm complex in Passaic/Long
Hill Township. Too often in Morris County, the
house may be preserved while the barns are
destroyed. REFERENCES: RECORDED
BY: Janet W. Foster DATE: March-July 1986 ORGANIZATION: Acroterion . . UPDATED ENTRY
BY: L. Fast / Claire
Monroe DATE: April 2002 ORGANIZATION: Long Hill Township Historic
Preservation Advisory Committee . .
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