Catholic Heritage House - Moorestown Historic District - Moorestown, NJ
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
N 39° 57.764 W 074° 56.945
18S E 504348 N 4423622
This building is a part of Our Lady of Good Counsel church parish. Like all the parish buildings, this too is a contributing structure to the Moorestown Historic District. Its huge, sharply steeped, center gable is a most notable feature.
Waymark Code: WM42X6
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 06/29/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
Views: 5

Located in the parish section of Our Lady of Good Counsel church, in downtown Moorestown, this is one of 351 contributing buildings/structures to this historic district. The house is the second property of the parish, west of the church.

The Department of the Interior sent me the following narrative/information on this house:
"c.1880. 2½-story, 3-register, cross-gabled Gothic Revival frame house on brick foundation. 1-story Colonial Revival porch supported on Tuscan columns with molded box cornice and balustraded railing. Center 4-light door with infilled transom. Wood door surround. 4/4 double hung windows with wood sills and lintels and paneled shutters on first floor, louvered shutters on second floor. Pointed arch 6-light window in gable (see picture). Molded box cornice supported on brackets, asphalt roof. East elevation: door with glassed-in-entryway and 1-story pentagonal bay, 2-story and shed frame additions to rear. - Contributing.

Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Moorestown Historic District

Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link]

Address:
122 West Main Street Moorestown, NJ 08057


How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Other (Please explain in the Private Message field)

NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): Not listed

Optional link to narrative or database: Not listed

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