129 Leslie Avenue - Cattell Tract Historic District - Merchantville, NJ
N 39° 57.292 W 075° 03.159
18S E 495502 N 4422749
Another uniquely early-twentieth-century form, this bungalow is present on Leslie Avenue amidst several front-gambreled, Dutch Colonial Revival-style dwellings. This home represents the extreme end of the historic district's development.
Waymark Code: WMHKZJ
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:
c. 1920, 1 1/2-story, 2-bay, frame bungalow, wood shingled. Partial front poch, square columns on stone bases, stick balustrade, pediment. Glazed and paneled door, lipped lintel. Bowed first floor 1/1 double hung window, central window 10/1 double hung. 9- light casement sash in front gable that spans full width. Asphalt gabled roof, exposed eaves, exterior end brick chimney. Hip roofed, wood shingled 1-bay garage, hinged doors. -Contributing (Section 7, Page 36) SOURCE