United States historic place
The Demarest House (also known as the George H. Cook House, the Doolittle house and Riverstede ) is a historic building at 542 George Street in New Brunswick, New Jersey on the campus of Rutgers University . It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1960.[ 3] National Register of Historic Places on August 10, 1977 for its significance in architecture, education, and social history.[ 4]
History
The house was built by George H. Cook and architect Charles Graham in 1868.[ 5] ashlar brownstone building features Victorian Gothic architecture .[ 4] [ 6] William H. S. Demarest , president of Rutgers College and later president of the New Brunswick Theological Seminary , lived here from 1906 until his death in 1956. Since then the building has served a variety of purposes at Rutgers University . As of 2022 it houses various offices for the Rutgers School of Social Work .
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References
^ "National Register Information System – (#77000884)" . National Register of Historic Places National Park Service . November 2, 2013.^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Middlesex County" (PDF) . New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. May 21, 2018. p. 6.^ "Rutgers University, Doolittle-Demarest House" . Historic American Buildings Survey . 1960.^ a b Barr, Michael C. (July 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Demarest House" . National Park Service . Retrieved September 7, 2018 . accompanying photo ^ Geo. H. Cook to C. Graham Esq., 19 April, 1866, George H. Cook Papers, Rutgers University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives; The American Architect and Building News 41, no. 951 (8 July, 1893), 17
^ "Dr. George H. Cook's Death.; New-Jersey's State Geologist And What He Did For Science" . The New York Times
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