Dickinson House - Alloway, New Jersey
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BruceS
N 39° 36.013 W 075° 20.007
18S E 471371 N 4383439
Historic house noted for its decorative brickwork in rural Alloway, New Jersey.
Waymark Code: WMJX91
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 01/10/2014
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Occasionally red and white bricks were used, but usually the body of the wall was red, bearing geometric patterns in dull blue. Often the owner's initials and date of erection were worked into the gables in large letters and figures. The peculiarity appears to culminated locally in 1754 with the ornate gable designs of the Dickinson house in Alloway-New Jersey: A Guide To Its Present and Past, 1939, pg. 174.
The historic house is located in a rural area in vicinity of Alloway. The house is as described in the Guide and is in very good condition. The gable end has a decorative brick pattern using blue glaze brick along with the letters I.M.D. 1754.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.