LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY

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HISTORIC NAME:

Sentinel Elms

COMMON NAME:

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LOCATION:

1292 Long Hill Road

BLOCK/LOT:

.

VILLAGE:

Stirling

USGS QUAD:

Chatham

OWNER:

UTM REFS:


DESCRIPTION

CONSTRUCTION DATE:

18th century and later

SOURCE OF DATE:

Documentation/visual

ARCHITECT:

.

BUILDER:

STYLE:

Vernacular

FORM / PLAN TYPE:

Three/bay side hall with additions on additions

NUMBER OF STORIES:

21/2

FOUNDATION:

Brick, fieldstone and concrete

EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC:

Synthetic siding

FENESTRATION:

12/12 and other multi light sash

ROOF:

Gable

CHIMNEY(S):

Interior brick chimneys

ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:

Colonial Revival alterations to porch, replacement of some windows, and in detailing of large east wing.


PHOTO(S)


(2002)


(2002)


(2002)


SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES

Set well back from road. No elm trees survive.


SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT

URBAN

SUBURBAN

X

SCATTERED BUILDING

X

OPEN SPACE

WOODLAND

RESIDENTIAL

AGRICULTURAL

VILLAGE

INDUSTRIAL

DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL

HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL

OTHER

 


SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION

Sentinel Elms: Pre-revolutionary center section of building was home of Cornelius Ludlow, Colonel in Eastern Battalion of Morris County Militia, and later Morris County Judge.


ORIGINAL USE:

Residence

PRESENT USE:

Residence/Religious Center

PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURES:

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EXCELLENT

.X

GOOD

.

FAIR

.

POOR

REGISTER ELIGIBILITY:

.

YES

.

POSSIBLE

.X

NO

c

PART OF DISTRICT

THREATS TO SITE:

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ROADS

.

DEVELOPMENT

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ZONING

.

DETERIORATION

X

.X

NO THREAT

.

OTHER

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..


COMMENTS:

Integrity compromised by siding and additions.


REFERENCES:


RECORDED BY:

Janet W. Foster

DATE:

March-July 1986

ORGANIZATION:

Acroterion

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UPDATED ENTRY BY:

L. Fast / Claire Monroe

DATE:

May 2002

ORGANIZATION:

Long Hill Township Historic Preservation Advisory Committee

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