23 East Delaware Avenue

This is the only Stick style house in Pennington. It was constructed circa 1891 by Charles Taylor of the Bergen and Taylor Carriage Co. It incorporates the use of decorative shingles on the 3rd floor and clapboard on the 2nd and 1st floors.

Also note: the decorative version of half-timbering, or applied stickwork as exposed framing, that appears to support the building; the pyramidal turret in the Queen Anne manner on the left; the decorative truss in sunburst design in front gable; the door with the door with stained glass windows, and a three light recessed transom. Also, note the garage which received a 1990 Preservation Award in the category of "New Addition Complementing the Architecture of the Original Building".

Editor's note: I have always admired this house and its gardens. The current owners (year 2006) have done an excellent renovation, but I wish they had used a little more imagination with the outside color.