Tour Point I (no. 35-37) SE Corner of Bellevue Avenue & Packard Street
Tour Point I
SE Corner of Bellevue Avenue & Packard Street
35. William Black Cottage
450 Bellevue Avenue
1858. This home was altered mid-20th century. It is a 1½-story side gabled Folk Victorian main block with Gothic Revival elements. This house originally stood on the corner lot (now the site of the ca. 1888 Black mansion) and was moved to this lot when the mansion was built. The Blacks owned a big store on downtown Bellevue Avenue.
36. The William and Carrie Black Mansion
458 Bellevue Avenue
1888. 2½-story Stick style dwelling. From 1990 to 1993, the house was restored to its original appearance by Garfield DeMarco with the original landscaping design also recreated. This building is individually listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places for its architectural significance as a well-preserved example of the Stick style designed by architect Frank Furness and its association with William Black, a successful Hammonton merchant in the late 1800s and early 1900s who operated Black’s General Store in town.
37. Site of the Rider House
459 Bellevue Avenue
The Andrew Rider house that once stood at 459 Bellevue Avenue was an example of Italianate architecture, which was extremely popular in America in the second half of the 19th century. Some characteristics of this style were the central cupola, more commonly called a “widow’s walk,” that was finished with a mansard roof, the tall four-pane windows, and a one-story porch. Its owner, Andrew Rider, was the founder of Rider University and owned 500 acres of cranberry bogs in Hammonton.
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