National Register of Historic Places

White, Joseph and Minnie, House

Middlesex, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Listed
October 28, 1988
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
87001763

About this property

The Joseph and Minnie White House is a historic home at 243 Hazelwood Avenue in Middlesex, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 1988, for its significance in architecture and photojournalism as the childhood home of Margaret Bourke-White. It was built in 1905 with American Craftsman style. The stuccoed two-story house was built with concrete block in 1905 by Joseph White. It features exposed timbers to add geometric patterns to the exterior. The house was designed in the Craftsman style of Gustav Stickley. Janet Foster states in the nomination form that the house: "possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association, and is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; and embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction." National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, New Jersey Media related to Joseph and Minnie White House at Wikimedia Commons

Location

243 Hazelwood Ave.
Middlesex, Middlesex County, New Jersey
40.58862, -74.51960

Categories

AGRICULTUREARCHITECTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was White, Joseph and Minnie, House listed on the National Register?

White, Joseph and Minnie, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 1988.

What type of historic resource is White, Joseph and Minnie, House?

White, Joseph and Minnie, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for White, Joseph and Minnie, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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