Tour Point E (no. 20-23) SW Corner of Bellevue Avenue & Horton Street
Tour Point E
SW Corner of Bellevue Avenue & Horton Street
20. Turner’s Garage
231-235 Bellevue Avenue
ca. 1912. Two-story brick, flat roofed commercial building with 3 rounded, pressed metal bay windows (original) on the second floor marking the corners, between which are angled bay windows (original), also made of pressed metal. The second floor bay windows have Colonial Revival style decorative swags in the metal below the window openings. A pressed metal cornice (original) runs along the roofline and between the first and second stories. In 1911, George Turner tore down part of his home and built a brick garage for his son Wilson. A portion of the original house is still visible in the back.
21. Peoples Bank & Trust Company
236 Bellevue Avenue
1925 – 26. This is a Classical Revival Style, temple-form bank. This building replaced the original bank structure that was considered a landmark of its time. The original structure was moved a block off Bellevue Avenue to Central Avenue and Vine Street, where it became the new home of Hammonton’s town hall and police department. In the summer of 2008, it was razed to make room for a new town hall.
22. Rivoli Theatre
251 Bellevue Avenue
This 3-story building was originally a movie theatre, built in 1927 by Samuel Frank and Jack Flynn. It had 1200 seats and a $20,000 Wurlitzer organ. In 1928 sound equipment was added and presented Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer. In 1961, it was remodeled as an office building by the P. A. Colasurdo Family.
23. Presbyterian Church
326 Bellevue Avenue
1895-96. Brick, Victorian Gothic style cross-gabled church with attached (south elevation) classrooms and offices (built 1963). A prominent steeple is located at the southeast corner and appears to be original. The upper half of the steeple is covered with original slate shingles (some fish scale) that continue to the peak. Four smaller round copper ornamental caps are just above the belfry on the four corners. Each side of the belfry has a wooden pointed arch lancet vent with quatrefoils in the peak. Most of the windows throughout the main structure are also pointed arch lancets in-filled with original stained glass, and have 6-foil windows at their peak. This 6-foil design is also carried over every door. The roof is covered with asphalt shingles and has slightly overhanging eaves that are open. The original double doors, which had large strap hinges, have been replaced. The copper on the steeple was replaced in 2001.
