LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY < PREVIOUS HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY #1430-71 NEXT > HISTORIC NAME: Honesty House COMMON NAME: . LOCATION: 1272 Long Hill Road BLOCK/LOT: . VILLAGE: Stirling USGS QUAD: Chatham OWNER: UTM REFS: DESCRIPTION CONSTRUCTION DATE: Between l868 and 1887 SOURCE OF DATE: Maps ARCHITECT: . BUILDER: STYLE: Vernacular Gothic/Queen Anne FORM / PLAN TYPE: Three bay center hall NUMBER OF STORIES: 2 1/2 FOUNDATION: Cement EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC: Clapboard FENESTRATION: 2/2 sash ROOF: Gable CHIMNEY(S): End brick chimney ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: There is a cross gable centered on facade, bay windows on first floor. Rear addition one story, Colonial Revival style built ca. l970 as dormitory housing for therapy residents. PHOTO(S) (2002) SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES House faces south in landscaped yard. Large paved parking area to the east. Dilapidated frame barn with ship lap siding at rear. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT URBAN SUBURBAN X SCATTERED BUILDING OPEN SPACE WOODLAND RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL OTHER   SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION The 1887 Atlas of Morris County indicates a building on this site, owned by H.G. Torrey. This farmhouse may have been constructed as a tenant house for the neighboring estate (survey #1430-72). The simple detailing indicates the general conservative nature of the local builders, and the persistence of traditional building types well into the 19th century. ORIGINAL USE: Farm PRESENT USE: Residence/Church property (1986) PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURES: . EXCELLENT .X GOOD . FAIR . POOR REGISTER ELIGIBILITY: . YES . POSSIBLE .X NO c PART OF DISTRICT THREATS TO SITE: . ROADS . DEVELOPMENT . ZONING . DETERIORATION X .X NO THREAT . OTHER . .. . .. COMMENTS: Presently used as a treatment center for alcoholics. The owners are not concerned at all about the historic or architectural interest of the building. (1986) 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 . . RETURN TO: INTRODUCTION RETURN TO: STREET & SITES INDEX RETURN TO: FILE NUMBER INDEX RETURN TO: MAP INDEX RETURN TO: BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER INDEX . . . . . < PREVIOUS HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY #1430-71 NEXT >