Mount Kemble Home

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Mount Kemble Home
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Location1 Mount Kemble Avenue
Morristown, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°47′40″N74°29′04″W / 40.79444°N 74.48444°W / 40.79444; -74.48444 (Mount Kemble Home) Coordinates: 40°47′40″N74°29′04″W / 40.79444°N 74.48444°W / 40.79444; -74.48444 (Mount Kemble Home)
Builtc.1826
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival, Federal
MPS Morristown Multiple Resource Area
NRHP reference No. 86003115 [1]
NJRHP No.2194 [2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1986
Designated NJRHPSeptember 11, 1986

The Mount Kemble Home is a historic building located at 1 Mount Kemble Avenue in the town of Morristown in Morris County, New Jersey. Part of the Morristown Multiple Resource Area (MRA), it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 13, 1986, for its significance in architecture. [3]

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History and description

The main section and north wing of the building were built c.1826. It was remodeled c.1880 and a south wing added in 1905. The two and one-half story building features several architectural styles, described in the nomination form as vernacular Federal with Carpenter Gothic/Stick and Colonial Revival embellishment. [3]

In 1878, Charles E. Noble purchased the property and remodeled it. In 1890, he sold it to a group of seven women from the Morristown Presbyterian Church, for use as a Home for Worthy and Destitute Women. In 1905, Alfred R. Whitney financed the south wing expansion and the building was renamed the Old Ladies Home. In 1940, the name was changed to the current one, Mount Kemble Home. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System  (#86003115)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Morris County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. December 20, 2022. p. 15.
  3. 1 2 3 Bertland, Dennis N. (Spring 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Kemble Home". National Park Service. With accompanying photo
  4. "Mount Kemble Home". Morristown & Morris Township Library.