The Thatcher House is a historic patterned brick house located at 255 Ridge Road in Kingwood Township, about two miles from Frenchtown, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. It is named after Jeremiah Thatcher (d. 1790), a local farmer. Built in 1765, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 4, 2020, for its significance in architecture. It features patterned brickwork with complex diamonds.[4] The house is part of the Traditional Patterned Brickwork Buildings in New Jersey Multiple Property Submission (MPS).[5] It features a mix of Flemish bond and Flemish checker, with four different diamond designs.[4]
Gallery
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Patterned brickwork diamonds
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Detail of the brickwork
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Wagon house (not contributing)
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
- List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey
References
- ^ "National Register Information System – (#100005851)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Weekly List 20201204". National Park Service. December 4, 2020.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Hunterdon County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. December 27, 2023. p. 10.
- ^ a b Shoemaker, Becky D.; Craig, Robert W. (June 2020). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Thatcher House (Draft)" (PDF). National Park Service. With accompanying 30 photos
- ^ Craig, Robert W. (August 2017). "Traditional Patterned Brickwork Buildings in New Jersey". National Park Service.
External links
Media related to Thatcher House (Kingwood Township, New Jersey) at Wikimedia Commons
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