Lund House - Cattell Tract Historic District - Merchantville, NJ
N 39° 57.261 W 075° 02.837
18S E 495961 N 4422691
This Victorian Gothic-style frame house is a beautiful example of the architecture of which this district is composed. This historic landscape is dotted with these well-preserved 19th century, Victorian homes, this one being one of the oldest.
Waymark Code: WMHKZ2
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 07/21/2013
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I took a 2 hour walk of this incredible and little known town/jewel. There are countless examples of wonderful Victorian architecture which is the mainstay for this historic district. I went to the borough hall and picked up a brochure entitled A Walking Tour of the Cattell Tract, A National Registered Historic District. Inside the pamphlet, there are 15 examples of contributing structures with a wide range of diversity so as to allow the visitor to have a complete flavor of the district. There are a total of 174 buildings in the district. While I was unable to procure a list on this day, the borough folks told me contributing houses (everyone from the 1890s) have markers indicating the date of construction and the original homeowner's name. There are many contributing structures without the markers, but, I only documented the ones with the markers so as to waymark them and provide suitable evidence for the contributing structures category. Recently however, the nomination form has been digitized and now all of the properties and narratives are available.
The complete nomination form with all the contributing structures and their narratives can be found HERE
The narrative for this property reads as follows:
37 - Lund House
Built 1869. 2 1/2-story, Victorian Gothic-style frame house, clapboarded. Two-bay front
gable pierces mansarded roof line. Entry porch and side porch; most chamfered posts
intact, bracketed cornice. Transomed and sidelighted entrance, modern door. First floor
polygonal bay with arched window openings, paneled apron, bracketed cornice. Upper
floor windows joined in pairs by round-arched and segmental-arched moldings. Windows
2/2 double hung. Arched gable window fronted by oriel balcony with cut-out floral motifs,
triangular dormer on asphalt mansard roof. Side gabled dormers with bargeboard. -
Contributing (Section 7, Page 11) SOURCE
Address
Cattell Tract Historic District
37 East Walnut Avenue
Merchantville, NJ 08109
Visit Instructions:Category Visiting Requirements
An original photo is necessary to log a visit in this category along with a description of the visit. No extra visit requirements are allowed by the waymarker.