LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY

< PREVIOUS

HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY #1430-74

NEXT >

 

HISTORIC NAME:

Noyes Collinson House

COMMON NAME:

.

LOCATION:

1127 Long Hill Road

BLOCK/LOT:

.

VILLAGE:

Stirling

USGS QUAD:

Chatham

OWNER:

UTM REFS:


DESCRIPTION

CONSTRUCTION DATE:

1927

SOURCE OF DATE:

Documentation

ARCHITECT:

.

BUILDER:

STYLE:

Spanish Colonial

FORM / PLAN TYPE:

Square

NUMBER OF STORIES:

21/2

FOUNDATION:

Fieldstone and concrete

EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC:

Stucco

FENESTRATION:

Multi light casements

ROOF:

Hipped roof with extended eaves

CHIMNEY(S):

Stuccoed center chimney.

ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:

Recessed porch on first floor and balcony on second floor, projecting bay window, second floor facade, round-arched opening connects house to two-car garage.


PHOTO(S)


(B3:XX, 1986)


SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES

Sited on a well landscaped lot with vista of wooded hillside to south. Driveway entrance marked by stucco pillars and a 19th century iron fence. Adjacent three car garage.


SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT

URBAN

SUBURBAN

X

SCATTERED BUILDING

OPEN SPACE

X

WOODLAND

RESIDENTIAL

AGRICULTURAL

VILLAGE

INDUSTRIAL

DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL

HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL

OTHER

 


SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION

House created about 1927 from a carriage house belonging to adjacent residence (survey #1430-73). The carved woodwork is from old railroad ties. No architectural vestiges of the carriage house remain.


ORIGINAL USE:

Carriage House

PRESENT USE:

Residence

PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURES:

.X.

EXCELLENT

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:

An unusual style type to find in the hills of Morris County, New Jersey. Nevertheless, it is well executed and well - integrated into its site.


REFERENCES:

Article in Charm magazine November, 1927. Copy in owner's possession.


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 #1430-74

NEXT >