The Everett-Dey House

Everett-Dey house, December 2018. From Paul Ligeti.

Historical Overview

Standing at 377 North Post Road, directly between a bend in that road and the Northeast Corridor train tracks, is a 2-story house. This structure - the Everett-Dey house - is a contributing element to the historic West Windsor community of Princeton Junction and is also a member of West Windsor's "100 Club."

Tax records assert that this building was constructed in 1907.[1] It's unknown who owned the property at that time, but in 1915, Thomas C. Lucas sold it to Irving H. Everett.[2] Irving was a West Windsor "Overseer of the Highways" from 1908 to 1925, a "Poundkeeper" (animal control) from 1919 to 1928, and a Township Committeeman in the late 1920s/early 1920s.[3] He was also, at one point, a member of the West Windsor Board of Education.[4] The 1920 census shows Irving living with his wife, Laura B., as well as three daughters (Verna, Stella, and Beulah), four sons (David, Slmer, Russell, and Harold), and a sister-in-law (Catherine Sprague).[5]

Irving died in 1943,[6] but the property stayed in Everett hands until Laura's death in 1954.[7] The next year, the property was sold to Kenneth Dey Sr. and his wife, Ruth N. Dey.[8] They kept the property until 1990[9] - one year after Kenneth's death.[10] After this, the property passed to the Kiernans (1990-1995),[11],[12] the McClenahans (1995-2001),[13],[14] and other owners.

Everett-Dey house, Oct. 2019.

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Bibliography

1. "West Windsor Tax Assessor Address List, 2019.” West Windsor, 2019. List of all residences in West Windsor with dates of construction, according to tax assessor. Sent to the Historical Society by Lorraine Jones and Dawn Moretti.​
2. Everett, Irving H., Lucas, Thomas C. “Indenture.” West Windsor, 1915. Located in the Mercer County Clerk's Office, Mercer County Deed Book 379 Page 297.
3. ​​​“West Windsor Township Meeting Minutes, 1797-2012.,” n.d. Original Township Committee meeting minute database located in the Municipal Center.
4. "Obituary - Irving H. Everett." Sunday Times-Advertiser (Trenton). January 10, 1943.
5. United States Census, 1920 - West Windsor Township.” West Windsor Township, 1920.
6. "Obituary - Irving H. Everett." Sunday Times-Advertiser (Trenton). January 10, 1943.
7. Dutch Neck Presbyterian Church. (n.d.). Dutch Neck Presbyterian Church graveyard. West Windsor. Dutch Neck Presbyterian Church graveyard gravestones, which often list birth dates, death dates, and ages of those buried there.
8. Dey, Kenneth L. Sr., Dey, Ruth N., Ewart, Verna S. "Deed.” West Windsor, 1955. Located in the Mercer County Clerk's Office, Mercer County Deed Book 1314 Page 4.
9. Dey, Ruth N., Kiernan, Susan Marie, Kiernan, William F. "Deed.” West Windsor, 1990. Located in the Mercer County Clerk's Office, Mercer County Deed Book 2537 Page 503.
10. "Obituaries - Kenneth L. Dey." The Times (Trenton). June 23, 1989.
11. Dey, Ruth N., Kiernan, Susan Marie, Kiernan, William F. "Deed.” West Windsor, 1990. Located in the Mercer County Clerk's Office, Mercer County Deed Book 2537 Page 503.
12. Kiernan, Susan Marie, Kiernan, William F., Lavin, Alyson, McClenahan, Christopher. "Deed.” West Windsor, 1995. Located in the Mercer County Clerk's Office, Mercer County Deed Book 2998 Page 328.
13. Ibid.
14. McClenahan, Christopher, McClenahan, Tiffany, Stern, Steven. "Deed.” West Windsor, 2001. Located in the Mercer County Clerk's Office, Mercer County Deed Book 4132 Page 242.