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Demarest House (New Brunswick, New Jersey)

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Demarest House
Demarest House, 2018
Demarest House (New Brunswick, New Jersey) is located in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Demarest House (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
Demarest House (New Brunswick, New Jersey) is located in New Jersey
Demarest House (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
Demarest House (New Brunswick, New Jersey) is located in the United States
Demarest House (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
Location542 George Street
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Coordinates40°30′07″N 74°26′47″W / 40.50194°N 74.44639°W / 40.50194; -74.44639 (Demarest House)
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleGothic
NRHP reference No.77000884[1]
NJRHP No.1860[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 10, 1977
Designated NJRHPFebruary 14, 1977

Demarest House is a historic building at 542 George Street in New Brunswick, New Jersey on the campus of Rutgers University. William H. S. Demarest, president of Rutgers College and later president of the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, lived here from 1906 until his death in 1956. George Hammell Cook built the house, which he called Riverstede, in 1868.[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 10, 1977.[4]

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References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Middlesex County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. May 21, 2018. p. 6.
  3. ^ Porter, Richard L. "History and Land Use Change: The New Brunswick Copper Mining and Processing Complex, Rutgers University, and Johnson & Johnson". New Jersey Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal (Winter 2016): 91. doi:10.14713/njs.v2i1.29.
  4. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Demarest House". National Park Service. Retrieved September 7, 2018. With accompanying pictures

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