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Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
 4 drawings |  5 b&w photos |  7 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Jacob Shimer House, Old Mine Road, Millville vicinity, Sussex County, NJ
CALL NUMBER:
HABS NJ,19-MOGU.V,5-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 4 (18 x 24 in.)
Photo(s): 5 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 6 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.
CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
NOTE:
Survey number HABS NJ-818
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-574).
Significance: Jacob Shimer probably built this house in the 1790s on property belonging to his father, Captain Abraham Shimer. It remained in the family until 1912, but was apparently occupied by tenant farmers in the later 19th century. The house exhibits some fine Federal woodwork.
SUBJECTS:
NEW JERSEY--Sussex County--Millville vicinity
COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.nj0138
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. SOUTH (FRONT) AND EAST ELEVATIONS
2. NORTH AND WEST ELEVATIONS
3. EAST WALL, EAST ROOM, FIRST FLOOR
4. FIRST FLOOR STAIRHALL, LOOKING NORTH
5. EAST WALL, EAST ROOM, SECOND FLOOR
CONTROL #:
NJ0138
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