600 Chester Avenue - Moorestown Historic District - Moorestown, NJ
N 39° 58.358 W 074° 56.840
18S E 504497 N 4424721
This contributing home to the Moorestown Historic District lines the N.W. side of 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: WM42A8
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 06/27/2008
Views: 4
This beautiful dwelling is located at the northwest corner of East Maple & Chester Avenues. It has a really neat side entrance to the wraparound porch which leads to the off-centered, front entrance. At the very top, center to the front, is a wonderful balcony. To the left of this is a southwestern-style, recessed breezeway on the second floor fronted with arched overhangs; so very cool!
Located at 600 Chester Avenue a half 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.1840. 2 ½ story Queen Anne-style house. Clapboarded first floor, shingled second floor, stuccoed gables. Asymmetrical composition. Side and front pedimented entrances to porch, paired short chamfered columns on brick pedestals. Transomed and sidelighted entrance into side elevation. French doors and 2-story polygonal bay on main (Chester Avenue) elevation. 1/1 and 6/1 double hung sash, arcade at second floor Palladian window with Gothic and diamond sash in gable. Slate multi-gabled roof. Side wing with diamond paned dormer. - Contributing.”
