Samuel H. Rous House ("Nethusa") - Cattell Tract Historic District - Merchantville, NJ
N 39° 57.255 W 075° 02.877
18S E 495904 N 4422680
This Tudor Revival style house, while completely differs from the construction which dominated this district for the last fifty years, is still a significant piece of the architecture which makes up this sometimes eclectic historic district.
Waymark Code: WMHM1X
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 - "Nethusa," Residence of Samuel H. Rous, Vice President, Victor Victrola Company
Built 1913 according to 1909 plans of Philadelphia architect, Charles Z. Klauder. 2 ½- story, 4-bay, Tudor Revival style house, stucco over brick. Asphalt pent with pediment above entry wraps around first floor. Dutch glazed and paneled doors. Single and grouped leaded glass casement windows. Gabled wall dormer pierces steep gabled roofline, also sheathed with asphalt. Two chimneys, each with three terra cotta pots. Attached gabled, stuccoed garage with hinged doors. Exceptional black walnut interior paneling and built-ins. - Contributing (Section 7, Page 20) SOURCE