Robert Kaighn House - Moorestown Historic District - Moorestown, NJ
N 39° 58.233 W 074° 56.708
18S E 504685 N 4424490
This is one of many contributing homes to the Moorestown Historic District which line Chester Avenue. Most of these homes are extremely huge and heavily landscaped compared to their Main Street counterparts, less than a half mile away.
Waymark Code: WM4268
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 06/26/2008
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On the right side of the house, high up is a letter K which I suppose stands for the last name, first letter initial of the original owners. I wonder if it is from the original owner or added later. If it is original, then it was removed, sided and put back up in its original location. Located at 217 Chester Avenue a quarter mile or so from downtown Moorestown, this is one of 351 contributing buildings/structures to this historic district.
The Department of the Interior sent me the following narrative/information on this house:
c.1890. 2 ½ story Queen Anne-Style frame house, clapboarded. Forward gabled bay. Porch-fronted; Doric columns and pilasters. Entrance with dog-eared surround, transom, sidelights, paneled door. Single and paired 1/1 double hung windows, dog-eared surrounds. Molded wood cornice, slate roof, gabled dormer with decorative bargeboard. Contributing.
There is a historical marker attached to the front of the porch to the right side of the side lights of the front door. The sign of history reads:
ROBERT KAIGHN
HOUSE
Oldest Portion Built
1870
Historical Society of Moorestown
1992