Furber House (E. Walnut Ave.) - Cattell Tract Historic District - Merchantville, NJ
N 39° 57.257 W 075° 02.890
18S E 495885 N 4422684
An anomalie from the pre-1880 period is the Furber House at 25 E. Walnut Avenue, erected in 1869 in an urban 2/3 Georgian townhouse form with a Classical Revival porch.
Waymark Code: WMHM23
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:
25 - Furber House
Built 1869. 2 1/2-story, 3-bay, clapboarded urban townhouse form with side hall plan. Classical Revival porch, fluted Ionic columns, modillioned cornice. Double doors with paneled arches, 3-light transom and sidelights. Full height first floor windows, paneled shutters. Windows 2/2 double hung, entablature lintels, clipped gabled slate roof, brick chimney along ridgeline. - Contributing (Section 7, Page 10) SOURCE
Address
Cattell Tract Historic District
Furber House
25 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.