The Fisher House
Overview
Located next to the Old Trenton Road exit of Village Grande, this house was constructed some time between 1870 and 1890, according to township tax records. However, its transitional Greek Revival/Itlianate style suggest that it may be older - perhaps constructed c. 1850. The house features Greek Revival style eared architrave trim, an Italianate marble fireplace mantle, and a double paneled door. Its attic frieze and low hipped roof also evoke an Italianate aesthetic. The house appears on an 1875 map as being owned by "R. L. Fisher" and situated on 200 acres of farmland.
Today, the house is mostly hidden by trees and bushes. But if you peer past the shrubbery, you will see one of the many extant farmhouses representing West Windsor's agrarian history.
Located next to the Old Trenton Road exit of Village Grande, this house was constructed some time between 1870 and 1890, according to township tax records. However, its transitional Greek Revival/Itlianate style suggest that it may be older - perhaps constructed c. 1850. The house features Greek Revival style eared architrave trim, an Italianate marble fireplace mantle, and a double paneled door. Its attic frieze and low hipped roof also evoke an Italianate aesthetic. The house appears on an 1875 map as being owned by "R. L. Fisher" and situated on 200 acres of farmland.
Today, the house is mostly hidden by trees and bushes. But if you peer past the shrubbery, you will see one of the many extant farmhouses representing West Windsor's agrarian history.
Like the Armstrong house, the Fisher farmhouse was surrounded by many acres of agrarian land up until the late 1990s, with the construction of Village Grande. It is a prime example of the rapid residential development - starting around 1980 - that has transformed West Windsor from bucolic township to suburban municipality. Nowhere is that more clear for this building than two aerial views:
