The Demarest House (also known as the George H. Cook House, the Doolittle house and Riverstede) is a historic building at 542 George Street in New Brunswick, New Jersey on the campus of Rutgers University. It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1960.[3] The house was later added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 10, 1977 for its significance in architecture, education, and social history.[4]
Demarest House | |
 Demarest House, 2018 | |
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| Location | 542 George Street New Brunswick, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°30′07″N 74°26′47″W / 40.50194°N 74.44639°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Architectural style | Gothic |
| NRHP reference No. | 77000884[1] |
| NJRHP No. | 1860[2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 10, 1977 |
| Designated NJRHP | February 14, 1977 |
History
editThe house was built by George H. Cook and architect Charles Graham in 1868.[5] The two and one-half story ashlar brownstone building features Victorian Gothic architecture.[4] Cook lived here until his death in 1889.[6] 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. Since then the building has served a variety of purposes at Rutgers University. As of 2022 it houses various offices for the Rutgers School of Social Work.
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Demarest House, looking north
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "National Register Information System – (#77000884)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Rutgers University, Doolittle-Demarest House". Historic American Buildings Survey. 1960.
- ^ a b Barr, Michael C. (July 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Demarest House". National Park Service. Retrieved September 7, 2018. With accompanying photo
- ^ Geo. H. Cook to C. Graham Esq., 19 April, 1866, George H. Cook Papers, Rutgers University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives; The American Architect and Building News 41, no. 951 (8 July, 1893), 17
- ^ "Dr. George H. Cook's Death.; New-Jersey's State Geologist And What He Did For Science"". The New York Times. September 23, 1889.
External links
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Media related to Demarest House (New Brunswick, New Jersey) at Wikimedia Commons- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NJ-714, "Rutgers University, Doolittle-Demarest House, George Street & Seminary Place, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ", 6 photos, 4 data pages
