Demarest House (New Brunswick, New Jersey)

The Demarest House (also known as the George H. Cook House, the Doolittle house and Riverstede) is a historic building at 542 George Street in New Brunswick, New Jersey on the campus of Rutgers University. The house was built by George H. Cook and architect Charles Graham in 1868.[3] Cook lived here until his death in 1889.[4] William H. S. Demarest, president of Rutgers College and later president of the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, lived here from 1906 until his death in 1956. Since then the building has served a variety of purposes at Rutgers University until it became vacant in 2019. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 10, 1977 for its significance in architecture and education.[5]

Demarest House
Demarest House, 2018
Location542 George Street
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Coordinates40°30′07″N 74°26′47″W
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleGothic
NRHP reference No.77000884[1]
NJRHP No.1860[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 10, 1977
Designated NJRHPFebruary 14, 1977
  • Demarest House, looking north

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Middlesex County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. May 21, 2018. p. 6.
  3. Geo. H. Cook to C. Graham Esq., 19 April, 1866, George H. Cook Papers, Rutgers University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives; The American Architect and Building News 41, no. 951 (8 July, 1893), 17
  4. "Dr. George H. Cook's Death.; New-Jersey's State Geologist And What He Did For Science"". The New York Times. September 23, 1889.
  5. Barr, Michael C. (July 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Demarest House". National Park Service. Retrieved September 7, 2018. With accompanying pictures
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