Converse Cottage
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Location500 South Atlantic Avenue
Beach Haven, New Jersey
Beach Haven, New Jersey
Builtc. 1884
ArchitectWilson Brothers & Company
Converse Cottage | |
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| Location | 500 South Atlantic Avenue Beach Haven, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 39°33′31.5″N 74°14′23″W / 39.558750°N 74.23972°W |
| Built | c. 1884 |
| Architect | Wilson Brothers & Company |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| Part of | Beach Haven Historic District (ID83001608) |
| MPS | Beach Haven MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001609[1] |
| NJRHP No. | 2273[2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | July 14, 1983 |
| Designated CP | July 14, 1983 |
| Designated NJRHP | April 20, 1983 |
The Converse Cottage at 500 South Atlantic Avenue in Beach Haven, Ocean County, New Jersey is a Queen Anne-style summer house built c. 1884. It was designed by Wilson Brothers & Company for John H. Converse, a senior partner in the Baldwin Locomotive Works, and is a mirror image of the Dr. Edward H. Williams House next door.[3] Listed at 504 Atlantic Avenue, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 14, 1983, for its significance in architecture.[3] It was listed as part of the Beach Haven Multiple Resource Area (MRA).[4] It is also a contributing property of the Beach Haven Historic District.[5]
