18 North Post Road
Overview
This 2-story farmhouse sits on a few dozen acres of farmland at the intersection of North Post Road and Village Road West. Records indicate that it was likely constructed between 1800 and 1808, although architectural analysis suggests an even older date of construction.
Surrounding the house are a stuccoed smokehouse, wood wagon barn, and gambrel-roofed barn with vertical plank siding - all the trappings of an old agrarian history. The house itself - 2 stories with a 3-bay main block attached flush to a slightly lower 2-bay wing and 1.5 story wing - might have first been constructed in the 1700s. The 1.5 story wing - with its broad overhanging gable and tall interior end chimney - might be the original Dutch farmhouse. The main block appears to be one room deep and is set on a low foundation. A Victorian porch extends across two bays of the main block and one bay of the wing.
The house appears on an 1849 map of West Windsor as being owned by a "W. Post" and on an 1875 map as being owned by a "Mrs. E. Post." It is this family that likely inspired the naming of South Post and North Post Roads.
This 2-story farmhouse sits on a few dozen acres of farmland at the intersection of North Post Road and Village Road West. Records indicate that it was likely constructed between 1800 and 1808, although architectural analysis suggests an even older date of construction.
Surrounding the house are a stuccoed smokehouse, wood wagon barn, and gambrel-roofed barn with vertical plank siding - all the trappings of an old agrarian history. The house itself - 2 stories with a 3-bay main block attached flush to a slightly lower 2-bay wing and 1.5 story wing - might have first been constructed in the 1700s. The 1.5 story wing - with its broad overhanging gable and tall interior end chimney - might be the original Dutch farmhouse. The main block appears to be one room deep and is set on a low foundation. A Victorian porch extends across two bays of the main block and one bay of the wing.
The house appears on an 1849 map of West Windsor as being owned by a "W. Post" and on an 1875 map as being owned by a "Mrs. E. Post." It is this family that likely inspired the naming of South Post and North Post Roads.
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