LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY < PREVIOUS HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY #1430-78 NEXT >   HISTORIC NAME: Mills House COMMON NAME: . LOCATION: 508 Carlton Road BLOCK/LOT: . VILLAGE: Millington USGS QUAD: Bernardsville OWNER: UTM REFS: DESCRIPTION CONSTRUCTION DATE: 18th century and later SOURCE OF DATE: Stylistic-visual ARCHITECT: . BUILDER: STYLE: East Jersey Cottage FORM / PLAN TYPE: Additive NUMBER OF STORIES: 2 FOUNDATION: Cement EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC: Asbestos siding FENESTRATION: 4/4 sash and paired 1/1 sash ROOF: Gable CHIMNEY(S): One interior stuccoed chimney ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: East section of house original East Jersey Cottage type. Fenestration and doors moved and altered, dormers added. 19th century addition to west creates gable and entry. PHOTO(S) (2002) Outbuildings (2002) SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES Vertical sided English barn with center cupola, frame chicken house, spring house, two story frame barn with new siding and doors, and stuccoed well house. House is sited on corner lot with view of river and bridge.   SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT URBAN SUBURBAN SCATTERED BUILDING X OPEN SPACE WOODLAND RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL OTHER On the eastern bank of the Passaic River, overlooking the so-called "White Bridge". This iron truss bridge of unknown date gave its name to White Bridge Road, and a 19th century settlement focused on this house. SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION The traditional building form and its location on the banks of the Passaic River, suggest that the core of this frame house might be quite early. The County Atlases of l868 and l887 indicate that this was the residence of E. Mills. The house looks at "White Bridge", a 19th century place name connected to the bridge over the Passaic River at this location. The present bridge is still white, but it is a modern, steel truss affair. ORIGINAL USE: Residence PRESENT USE: Residence 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:   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 #1430-78 NEXT >