Maplewood (Montgomery Township, New Jersey)

Maplewood

Site of former Maplewood
Location Burnt Hill Road at Rock Brook, Montgomery Township, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°24′50″N 74°41′2″W / 40.41389°N 74.68389°W / 40.41389; -74.68389Coordinates: 40°24′50″N 74°41′2″W / 40.41389°N 74.68389°W / 40.41389; -74.68389
Area 6.9 acres (2.8 ha)
Built 1845 (1845)
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 00000960[1]
NJRHP # 376[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 24, 2000
Designated NJRHP June 1, 2000

Maplewood, also known as the David C. Voorhees House or the John A. Voorhees House, was a historic building overlooking Burnt Hill Road at Rock Brook in Montgomery Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 2000.[3] It was destroyed by fire on November 19, 2011.[2]

History

The house was built in 1845 by John A. Voorhees as a farmhouse. When he died in 1876, it passed to his son David C. Voorhees.[3] At this time the house was known as Maplewood.[4] When he died in 1898, the farm was sold to the State of New Jersey to be used as the New Jersey State Village for Epileptics. Maplewood then became the Superintendent's Residence of the Village.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Somerset County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. August 22, 2016. p. 10.
  3. 1 2 3 Spies, Stacy E. (August 24, 2000). "NRHP Nomination: Maplewood" (PDF). National Park Service. "Accompanying 16 photos, from 2000." (PDF).
  4. ↑ Snell, James P. (1881). History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey. p. 837.
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