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History on Southern Boulevard
A look inside the historic Price-Baldwin House on Southern Boulevard.
Among the historic edifices on Southern Boulevard in Chatham Township is the Price-Baldwin house at 48 Southern Blvd. Sarah Stanley and Don Davidson now reside in the home, and they let Chatham Patch and the Chatham Township Historical Society inside to take a look.
Deeds on the Price-Baldwin House date back as far as 1824. Examinations of the origional structure indicate that it was built sometime in the last half of the 18th century. The original walls were reinforced with animal hair and laid over with hand-split lathe boards.
The house began as a farmhouse and over time it expanded to feature a beehive oven and large fireplace for cooking. It was originally surrounded by a 49-acre farm owned by the Price Family.
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The house has an identical twin in Hunterdon County which was built circa 1770.
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