Deacon Andrew Hetfield House

Deacon Andrew Hetfield House, also known as the Hetfield House or the Dutch Oven House, is a historical house in Mountainside, Union County, New Jersey, United States. It was built around 1763 by Deacon Andrew Hetfield, who was a Presbyterian deacon in Westfield. The Hetfield House was nicknamed "the Dutch Oven House" during its stint as an antique store during the 1930s-1980s.

Deacon Andrew Hetfield House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Location	Constitution Plaza, Mountainside, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°40′19″N 74°21′29″W
NRHP reference No.	89001004[1]
NJRHP No.	4433[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 27, 1989
Designated NJRHP	June 8, 1989

The house has been moved twice: once to shift it 50 feet back when they were widening the nearby highway, and a second relocation in 1985 to save it from bulldozing. Reportedly, the house suffered minimal structural damage from the second move (one windowpane was lost).

The Hetfield House has been expanded over the years; as of 1830, the simple colonial farmhouse had been transformed “into a center-hall Georgian residence” (New Jersey Historical Commission, p. 24).

References

Footnotes

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Morris County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. June 4, 2012. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 24, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2012.

Citations

• Conklin, J. (2011). New Providence Daily Photo. "Hetfield House".
• McNamara, C. (2010). A History of Mountainside, 1945-2007: It Was Only Yesterday. The History Press: Charleston, SC. ISBN 1596298014.
• New Jersey Historical Commission. (2011). Four Centuries in a Weekend. “10. Mountainside: Deacon Andrew Hetfield House, Constitution Plaza.” (pamphlet).