Corson, John, Jr., House Site

The story

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The John Corson, Jr., House Site is a dwelling at 1542 S. Shore Rd. in Upper Township, Cape May County, built about 1710. It is in the Postmedieval English style and was a single-family dwelling at the time of its listing.

Why it's listed

It is listed in the National Register under criteria C and D, with local significance in architecture and historic non-aboriginal archeology. Its period of significance runs from about 1710, when the site was first occupied, to 1956, when the house was subdivided from its farmstead.

Physical character

The house has clapboard walls on a cinderblock foundation, a shingled gable roof, and a corbelled brick chimney. Heavy timber framing survives inside, with mortise-and-tenon joints and a winder stair; the chimney was rebuilt and the roof raised for a second story about 1825.

Historical context

John Corson Sr. bought the land from the West New Jersey Society in 1695, and the site was first occupied about 1710. The farm stayed in the Corson family until 1947, when William and Mabel Corson sold it to the Camerons; the house and its one-third-acre lot were subdivided from the farmstead in 1956. Archaeological work begun in 1983 recovered pottery, bottles, and prehistoric stone points from the site.