Westbrook-Bell House, Old Mine Road, Sandyston Township, Hainesville vicinity, Sussex County, NJ

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6 drawings
6 b&w photos
11 data pages
1 photo caption pages

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TITLE:
Westbrook-Bell House, Old Mine Road, Sandyston Township, Hainesville vicinity, Sussex County, NJ

CALL NUMBER:
HABS NJ,19-HOPAT.V,2-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 6 (18 x 24 in.)
Photo(s): 6 (5 x 7 in. and 8 x 10 in.)
Data Page(s): 10 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HABS NJ-435

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-565).

Building/structure dates: 1725 initial construction

Significance: This small stone house is one of three still standing which formed the village of Minisink. It was was built in two different parts. The oldest, possibly predating 1730, contains what may be a secret Indian cellar. The house was extensively remodeled in the 1860s, and again in 1955, but still maintains the intimacy and charm it originally possessed.

SUBJECTS:
NEW JERSEY--Sussex County--Hainesville vicinity
houses
domestic life

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.nj0147

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. Historic American Buildings Survey Nathaniel R. Ewan, Photographer July 13, 1937 EXTERIOR - SOUTHEAST ELEVATION
2. SOUTHEAST ELEVATION
3. NORTHWEST ELEVATION
4. CHIMNEY FOUNDATION IN BASEMENT
5. ATTIC LOOKING NORTHEAST
6. Photocopy of a photograph Photographer unknown, ca. 1900 SOUTHEAST ELEVATION

CONTROL #:
NJ0147

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