Fordville
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N 40° 48.286 W 074° 25.998
18T E 547800 N 4517239
This historical marker is located at 30 Fordville Road.
Waymark Code: WMDPRZ
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 02/11/2012
Views: 3
From the Morris County Historical Commission website:
Master builder Ira J. Lindsley designed and constructed this Victorian farmhouse for Edwin Ford and descendent of John Ford, one of the townships original settlers. The house replaced an earlier house built by Samuel Ford, Edwin's great-grandfather. Fordville was built with techniques popularized by architect Orson S. Fowler in his 1853 book, A Home for All, or the Gravel Wall and Octogon Mode of Building. Fordville's masonary may be the earliest example in New Jersey of gravel wall construction. Part of the house became a school for area children taught by Edwin's daughter Sarah Elizabeth.
Marker Name: Fordville
Marker Type: Local? Unofficial
Marker text:
Fordville
1857
Victorian gravel wall house, located
on part of property orginally
purchased about 1715 by John
Ford , early Whippany settler. His
direct descendent, Edwin Ford, built
present dwelling.
Morris County Heritage Commission
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
Dedication Date: 01/01/1978
City: Whippany
County: Morris
Group responsible for placement: Morris County Heritage Commission
Web Link: [Web Link]
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