Dirck Gulick House

116. Dirck Gulick House · HS/L

506 Belle Mead-Blawenburg Road (County Rte. 601)
Montgomery, NJ · Map C

Tel: No phone
Hours: Building being restored; hours to be announced
Admission: None
Parking: Cars, 1 bus

The Dirck Gulick House is a rare stone Dutch vernacular house built in 1752 by a Dutch farmer, Dirck Gulick and his wife, Geertje. The house contains heavy Dutch-style interior framing and there is an engraved tablet inset into the roughly coursed cut stone with date of construction. The house remained in the Gulick family for over 100 years. Owned by the 3M Corporation and leased to the Van Harlingen Historical Society since the mid-1960s, the building serves as the Society's headquarters and contains an extensive library on local history, families and Dutch architecture. Rehabilitation work was completed in 2004.

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117. Bridgeport Historic District · HD

Mill Pond Road, Mill Pond Stream, Dead Tree Road, and Bridgepoint Road
Montgomery, NJ · Map C

Admission: None
Tours: Self-guided
Parking: Street

The district is a modest typical New Jersey farm community of the period 1750-1850. The three story gristmill, constructed c. 1800, is a simple frame-and-clapboard building. The undershot wheel, millstones, and other original features have been retained even though it has been converted to a residence. The miller's cottage was built in two sections, the first is a 1-1/2-story construction dating from 1730, and the second is a 2-story section built in 1740. The three-arch stone bridge was constructed in the 1820s of random fieldstone. It spans the millpond adjacent to the gristmill. There are also a number of colonial and early 19th century farmsteads. The district was placed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places in 1975.

Sponsored by Marjorie and Bruce Freeman.

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Bridgeport Historic District

River Road Historic District

118. River Road Historic District · HD

Millstone River Road from Hillsborough Road to Van Horne Road
Montgomery, NJ · Map C

Admission: None
Tours: Self-guided
Parking: Street

The Dutch of Long Island settled this area in the 18th century. At first, the major transportation route from farm products was the Millstone River but that was superseded by River Road which formally opened in 1740. This rural historic landscape contains numerous homes and farmsteads, including three historic New World Dutch barns. The homes exhibit Dutch Vernacular, Federal, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Anglo-Norman Villa and Queen Anne styles. River Road, which runs along the Millstone River through the district, was a route of march for both the American and British armies during the Revolutionary War. This includes Washington's army after the Battle of Princeton and French troops commanded by the General Conte de Rochambeau to and from the Battle of Yorktown in 1781 and 1782. The district was placed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places in 1991.

Sponsored by Marjorie and Bruce Freeman.

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