Bayliss House - Cattell Tract Historic District - Merchantville, PA
N 39° 57.245 W 075° 02.819
18S E 495986 N 4422661
The Bayliss Carriage House built in 1873 is an absolutely stunning home and one of the most beautiful homes of the historic district. The house is an excellent example of a Second Empire-style Victorian house.
Waymark Code: WMHKW0
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 live two miles away and had no idea this area existed. 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:
40 - Bayliss House
c. 1873, 2 1/2-story, 5-bay, Second Empire-style, frame house, clapboarded. Porch with square posts and pierced brackets. Central, segmental-arched entry, replacement glazed and paneled doors. Windows 2/2 double hung. Asphalt mansard, three dormers, each with segmental arched hoods. 2-story side polygonal bays. - Contributing (Section 7, Page 13) SOURCE
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