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Description: Located in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, the Frazee House is an excellent example of 18th-century vernacular residential architecture. Built circa 1720-1740, the Frazee House has received official recognition on the National Register of Historic Places and the New Jersey Register of Historic Places.
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The Frazee House is a central New Jersey architectural gem because of its age and its ordinariness. It is a farmhouse that dates to 1720-1740. “Ordinariness” is also its claim to fame because it is an example of the kind of building that never survives the centuries. It is vernacular architecture — that is, built with skill, with local materials and in a local style — to be a typical residence without pretension in its day. Today the Frazee House is approaching its fourth century.
The Frazee House received official recognition on the National Register of Historic Places and the New Jersey Register of Historic Places. In 2000, it was placed on PreservationNJ.org's list of top ten endangered historic places in New Jersey. Read More →
The renovation of the historic Frazee House is sponsored by the Fanwood -Scotch Plains Rotary Club. They took on the challenge in 2004 and formed the Frazee House Board to oversee the renovation. Through a partnership with the Township of Scotch Plains, the Board leased a one acre parcel of land which includes the Frazee House.
Join us for a meeting - Rotary Club of Fanwood-Scotch Plains