Converse Cottage

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Converse Cottage
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Location500 South Atlantic Avenue
Beach Haven, New Jersey
Coordinates 39°33′31.5″N74°14′23″W / 39.558750°N 74.23972°W / 39.558750; -74.23972 (Converse Cottage) Coordinates: 39°33′31.5″N74°14′23″W / 39.558750°N 74.23972°W / 39.558750; -74.23972 (Converse Cottage)
Builtc.1884
Architect Wilson Brothers & Company
Architectural style Queen Anne
Part of Beach Haven Historic District (ID83001608)
MPS Beach Haven MRA
NRHP reference No. 83001609 [1]
NJRHP No.2273 [2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 14, 1983
Designated CPJuly 14, 1983
Designated NJRHPApril 20, 1983

The Converse Cottage at 500 South Atlantic Avenue in Beach Haven, Ocean County, New Jersey is a Queen Anne-style summer house built c.1884. It was designed by Wilson Brothers & Company for John H. Converse, a senior partner in the Baldwin Locomotive Works, and is a mirror image of the Dr. Edward H. Williams House next door. [3] Listed at 504 Atlantic Avenue, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 14, 1983, for its significance in architecture. [3] It was listed as part of the Beach Haven Multiple Resource Area (MRA). [4] It is also a contributing property of the Beach Haven Historic District. [5]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System  (#83001609)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Ocean County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. September 13, 2018. p. 1.
  3. 1 2 Margaret Westfield; Douglas C. McVarish (November 2013). "Beach Haven Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation)" (PDF). National Park Service.
  4. Michael May (September 28, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Converse Cottage". National Park Service. With Beach Haven Multiple Resource Area nomination
  5. Michael May (August 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Beach Haven Historic District". National Park Service.