Kline Farmhouse Explained

Kline Farmhouse
Nrhp Type2:indcp
Nocat:yes
Partof Refnum:88002153
Designated Nrhp Type2:November 14, 1988
Coordinates:40.6778°N -74.7517°W
Built:1790s
Builder:Jacob Kline
Added:July 11, 1984
Refnum:84002712
Designated Other1 Name:New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Designated Other1 Abbr:NJRHP
Designated Other1 Link:New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Designated Other1 Date:April 30, 1984
Designated Other1 Number:1630[1]
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Designated Other1 Color:
  1. ffc94b

The Kline Farmhouse, also known as Cold Spring Cottage, is located on a 12acres farm along County Route 517 (Old Turnpike Road), north of Oldwick in Tewksbury Township of Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Built by Jacob Kline in the 1790s, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 11, 1984, for its significance in agriculture, architecture and settlement.[2] Also known as the Beavers House, it was previously documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1966.[3] It was later listed as a contributing property of the Oldwick Historic District in 1988.

History and description

The farmhouse was built in the 1790s by Jacob Kline, an elder at the Zion Lutheran Church in Oldwick and a county freeholder. The one and one-half story frame building overlooks a spring that feeds the Cold Brook, a tributary of the Lamington River. After Kline died in 1823, the property was sold to Joseph Bartles and Benjamin Van Doren, husbands of two of his daughters.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Hunterdon County . New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office . 16 . September 28, 2021 .
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=84002712}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Kline Farmhouse ]. National Park Service. David J. . Ennis . January 1984 . With
  3. Web site: Beavers House, Main Street (County Route 517), Oldwick, Hunterdon County, NJ . 1966 . Historic American Buildings Survey.