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NAME: Torrey's "Hilltop" (1880-1923) COMMON
NAME: . LOCATION: 1190 Long Hill
Road BLOCK/LOT: . VILLAGE: Stirling USGS
QUAD: Chatham OWNER: UTM
REFS:
CONSTRUCTION
DATE: Between 1868-1887 SOURCE OF
DATE: ARCHITECT: . BUILDER: STYLE: Eclectic FORM / PLAN
TYPE: Irregular NUMBER OF
STORIES: 21/2 FOUNDATION: Fieldstone EXTERIOR WALL
FABRIC: Painted fieldstone and
clapboard. FENESTRATION: 1/1 and 2/2 sash ROOF: Mansard and flared eave
hipped roof with asphalt shingles. Slate shingles
survive on center tower. CHIMNEY(S): Interior brick
chimneys ADDITIONAL
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Large flat-roofed frame
addition a south east side of building. Entry at
base of projecting tower with paired doors and
second Empire Style enframement, multiple porches
and porte-cochere. Bracketed eaves and jigsawn
window hoods. Multiple additions with various
Victorian-era decorations.
Hilltop site with wooded vistas in all directions. Frame carriage house with shiplap siding in poor condition,converted to two-car garage.
SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION The center, stone portion of the house appears to be an early house,later subject to extensive additions and alterations in a vernacular second Empire Style. However, no building appears on the site in the l868 Atlas of Morris County. By 1887, the house, along with another dwelling (survey #1430-71) are noted on a map as the property of H. G. Torrey. Herbert Torrey was a geologist and metallurgist, who served for a time as a U. S. Assayer. He helped discover and establish a trap rock quarry in West Millington. Torrey also established a metal factory in Stirling in the 1890's.
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: An unusual combination of
architectural styles, enhanced by its hilltop
setting. Maintenance, particularly of fragile,
decorative details is especially critical, or they
will be lost, and much of the building's character
with them. 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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