232 Sagamore Road, Princessgate, 1896

Photograph

Millburn-Short Hills Historical Society

Architect: Joy Wheeler Dow

Name/Title

232 Sagamore Road, "Princessgate," 1896

Entry/Object ID

2022.006.001

Description

Joy Wheeler Dow designed "Princessgate" for himself. He considered the architecture to belong to that of the "Romantic School," pure and simple. Steep Dutch gables, projecting eaves and roof dormers all contribute to the Dutch and English feelings of the home. The architect deliberately faced the dining room southeast (more south than east) so that bright light would greet the homeowner on cold winter mornings. The house was later purchased by artist Stanley Turnbull (1929-1959). See "Eastover."

Collection

Joy Wheeler Dow, David Gibson Historic Sites Survey 1978

Acquisition

Accession

2022.006

Acquisition Method

Found

Web Links and URLs

Thistle, October 1982

Reproductions

Notes

Joy Wheeler Dow, American Renaissance II, Architect and Builder Magazine, 4, 12 (September 1903), Joy Wheeler Dow, American Renaissance II, Architect and Builder Magazine, 5 (October 1903), Joy Wheeler Dow, American Renaissance: A Review of Domestic Architecture, 1904, p. 153, plate 84., House and Garden, v. 17 (1910), p. 17, Millburn-Short Hills Magazine (May/June 2006).