The Frederick Schrayshuen Mansion - Mt. Holly Historic District - Mt. Holly, NJ
N 39° 59.521 W 074° 47.421
18S E 517897 N 4426892
This huge and fantastic home is a deserved contributing structure to this fascinating, Quaker-rooted historic district.
Waymark Code: WMGQQE
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 04/01/2013
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This house represents the high end of construction in this district and certainly one of the newer constructions. This is such a neat, and fun historic district. It has Quaker beginnings just like Haddonfield, Moorestown, York, PA and so many other places, but is so different than all of them. Imagine a rural, somewhat economically depressed but exciting and colorful historic district. This house is a contrast to the principal structures but is definitely a nice addition to the district.
Naturally, a building this old and unique is also a contributing structure to the Mount Holly Historic District. In my never ending quest to document all things contributing, I visited the town library to retrieve the nomination form and narratives for the historic district. The reference desk rewarded me with a very old, crumbling NRHP packet from 1969. Despite what on-line sources would have you believe, there are actually 39 contributing structures and not 36.
From the Nomination Form:
34. THE FREDERICK SCHRAYSHUEN MANSION .... C 1870 ....10 Bispham Street
Two story central block with one wing, 4/4 windows, floor depth, with Gothic arch; high stone foundation; two story porch, six bay, with cast iron balusters, fancy pierced; plain ashlar simulated walls over brick; inside end and interior chimneys; hip roof on wing and gable roof on central block; scrolled bracket cornices; irregular Z-shaped floor plan.