Historic Name

12-14 Quarry Street

Address

12-14 Quarry Street

Tax Parcel

1114_17.02_50

Historic District

Witherspoon-Jackson Historic District

Classification

Contributing

Number of Resources

1

Style

Other

Number of Stories

2

Material

Wood

Historic Function

Domestic

Current Function

Domestic

Last Entry Update

2/13/2020

Setting

Description

Two story raised foundation gable roof twin residence with ridge parallel to the street and some Italianate details. Roof has small, banded brick chimneys found at crest at each end, and slightly extended eaves. Each half is a three bay front with the outer one over one windows closer to each other than the two central windows aligned with the entry doors below. The full width four equal bay hip roof porch has turned posts and plain railings; it is a major element of the house. A broad center stair with a dividing railing occupies most of the middle bays. There is a deep full width two story shed roof extension in the rear. The windows on the east facade are different than the west. On the east, working forward there is a single and two pairs over a single, a pair and a single. The west has fewer windows, three on the second floor. There are small brick chimneys at each gable end.

Built

1910

Architect

Builder

History

The house was constructed c. 1910. The original building on the property was an African American school operated by the Presbyterian congregation. James S. Green sold the parcel to trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Color in Princeton in 1854; the names of the trustees were listed in the deed as Anthony Simmons, Mathias VanHorn, Peter Lane, James Titus, Thomas Beekman, Silvenus Vandike, and Thomas Funike. The trustees constructed the initial building on the property, set back off the street. The school building appears on historic maps from 1890 to 1906. The original purpose of the school was alleviated when Douglass Hall was constructed as the public school for African American children in Princeton. The school building was demolished soon after 1906, after which the current house was constructed. The current house appears on maps beginning with the Sanborn of 1911.

Sources

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2015 Photo
12-14 Quarry Street, north elevation

2015 Photo
12-14 Quarry Street, north and east elevations

2015 Photo
12-14 Quarry Street, north and west elevations