< Back 38 LAFAYETTE STREET Year Built: 1904 Property Description Block: 28 Lot: 10 Year Built: 1904 Style: Colonial Revival Foundation: Brick Structure: Wood Frame Fenestration: Double Hung This structure is considered: Significant Comment: Rehabilitated over time with respect for the original style.

< Back 18 HARTSHORNE LANE Year Built: 1904 Property Description Block: 74 Lot: 2 Year Built: 1904 Style: Early American Colonial Structure: Wood Frame / Stucco Fenestration: Double Hung Comment: Rehabilitated and modified with some respect to the original character of the house.

< Back 87 RUMSON ROAD Year Built: 1903 Property Description Block: 126 Lot: 5 Year Built: 1903 Historic Name: Balcarres Style: American Eclectic Style with elements of French Norman, Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival Architect: Guy Lowell Structure: Wood Frame Fenestration: Double Hung / Casement This structure is considered: Significant Comment: Structure appears to be original and well preserved over time.

< Back 59 S. SHREWSBURY DRIVE Year Built: 1895 Property Description Block: 127 Lot: 1 Year Built: 1895 Historic Name: John L. Riker house Style: Colonial Revival Structure: Wood Frame Fenestration: Mixed This structure is considered: Significant Comment: Recently renovated

< Back Borough Hall Neighborhood 4 bedroom supportive and special needs affordable project 15 B Maplewood will be a four bedroom supportive and special needs project within one dwelling unit. The project will consist of four special needs bedrooms marketed to 4 very low income adults with special needs. BCUW has secured HMFA funding for the construction of the project. Construction is expected to begin in Q2 2024. Project Details Previous Next

b44bb2c4-7c75-4b15-a9c4-29c4159bb12b < Back LAWN AND GARDEN CARE Grass clippings are a natural fertilizer for your lawn. Not only do clippings have a heavy moisture content, which adds water to your turf, but they decompose quickly and provide nutrients that will nourish the soil and root system. Once established, you only need to fertilize your lawn in the fall if you “cut it and leave it!” According to Rutgers Cooperative Research Extension “fertilizing your lawn late in the season (September through November) the previous year reduces or eliminates the need for fertilizer in the spring, reduces frequency of mowing, and improves drought resistance.” Fertilizing in the fall allows the roots system to establish while spring fertilizing promotes top growth, which requires more frequent mowing and can actually stunt root growth. Be careful not to fertilize your lawn if heavy rain is in the forecast. Instead of soaking into the soil where it can nourish your lawn, the fertilizer is likely to simply wash away with the stormwater and find its way to local waters causing algae blooms and leading to proliferation of jelly fish. Maintaining a mowing height of 2½ to 3½ inches will help increase drought resistance and will decrease insects and disease damage. Turf that is kept at a height of 2 inches or less decreases drought and heat resistance and increases the incidence of insect and disease damage as well as weed invasion. (“Your Lawn and its Care”, Rutgers Cooperative extension FS102, https://njaes.rutgers.edu/fs102/ ) SCOOP THE POOP Dogs are adorable, but their waste can wreak havoc on the environment. Pet waste is teeming with bacteria and parasites that are toxic to our ecosystem, especially our waterways. When we put the waste into the storm drains, nearby streams or even onto leaf piles, this waste finds its way to our rivers where it leads to degraded water quality and promotes algae blooms which rob the rivers of oxygen. This reduced-oxygen environment kills off fish and other aquatic animals… But jellyfish survive and even flourish with less predators and less competition for resources. WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY PET WASTE? GOOD: Pick up after your pet and dispose of it in the garbage. BETTER: Compost your pet’s waste! Purchase a septic style composter and use compostable bags or scooper to dispose of waste. Pet waste is bad for our health. Pet waste contains bacteria and parasites that infect people and pets including food poisoning, tapeworm and hookworm. These diseases can be especially dangerous for children, elderly, and people who have compromised immune systems. A dime’s worth of dog poop contains 23 million fecal coliform bacteria, such as E. coli. Some diseases that are found in pet waste can stick around in the soil for over a year and contribute to making our waterways unsafe for swimming. Pet waste can attract pests like flies, roaches and rats which also carry diseases. Decaying pet waste can release ammonia and other pollutants into the water causing algae blooms that use up oxygen and harm fish and other aquatic life. Previous Next

< Back 64 BINGHAM AVENUE Year Built: 1904 Property Description Block: 35 Lot: 3 Year Built: 1904 Style: Early American Colonial Structure: Wood Frame Fenestration: Double Hung This structure is considered: Significant Comment: Home has been rehabilitated over time with respect to the original style.

< Back 27 LINCOLN AVENUE Year Built: 1904 Property Description Block: 141 Lot: 3 Year Built: 1904 Style: Early Four Square Structure: Wood Frame Fenestration: Double Hung Comment: Rehabilitated over time using some modern and some authentic materials.

< Back 32 LAFAYETTE STREET Year Built: 1904 Property Description Block: 28 Lot: 7 Year Built: 1904 Style: Comment:

< Back 5 ELM LANE Year Built: 1893 Property Description Block: 87 Lot: 20 Year Built: 1893 Historic Name: Wm. F. Havermayer home originally called Hillcrest and later The Beeches. Style: Queen Anne Style Architect: Brunner and Tyron of New York. Structure: Wood Frame Fenestration: Varied This structure is considered: Significant Comment: According to the reference, the home at 5 Elm was a carriage house that was repurposed into a home, taking care to respect the design of the original house. Also known as Beeches. See Shaping a Superlative Suburb pp 111-112 for additional information.

< Back 19 CHURCH ST/CR. FIRST ST Year Built: 1858 Property Description Block: 32 Lot: 4 Year Built: 1858 Historic Name: T.H. Van Tine House Style: Originally a Greek Revival with Second Empire influenced additions added later. Structure: Wood Frame with Asbestos Siding added at some point. Brick Columns are probably not original. Well maintained. Fenestration: Mixed Comment: According to the reference listed below, the home was originally a Greek Revival house. The Mansard roof and porch were later modifications. There remains on the property an old relic of the home's outhouse. Both are preserved in nice condition. See Rumson p 73 for additional information.

< Back 29 FIRST STREET Year Built: 1912 Property Description ! Widget Didn’t Load Check your internet and refresh this page. If that doesn’t work, contact us.