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Is today's home a denuded 'country cottage'? |
This thought is reinforced by the steeply pitched gable roof and the bargeboards, which seem pure 'Carpenter Gothic' -- the execution of Gothic Revival in wooden buildings. The house may have been denuded of an original porch with more Gothic detailing.
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| Bargeboard (from Answers.com/) |
The only other Carpenter Gothic structures in the area are the Church of the Holy Cross in North Plainfield and the now-gone original building of Grace Episcopal Church, which once sat at the corner of East Front and Church Streets.
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The home's original porch may have born a closer resemblance to this example than the stripped-down version we see today. |
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5 comments:
Woodland Avenue? If it is then the house sits somewhere between E. 7th and Watchung Avenue. There is one other good example of a Carpenter Gothic house on the first block E. 9th Street.
Maria
woodland ave. I think the owner is nemrod owner of netherwood auto repair
Woodland Ave
It's on Woodland, near Central, and is similar to several homes in Plainfield, including Ravine and Belvidere, next to the one you cited, and two at the foot of Prospect, one of which you sold twenty years ago when you were a realtor.
That house is on Woodland Avenue enroute to Seventh Street and South Ave.
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