TBT! The Squier House on Walnut Street, shown here intact and as a portion of it was being dismantled in 1977, was one of the oldest houses in Livingston. Built some 260 years ago, it had been home to seven generations of the Squier family, who were among the original settlers of Livingston. The last Squier to live there, Gilbert Squier (in one of the photos here), died in 1968, and the house subsequently stood vacant for nearly a decade, falling into disrepair. The Squier property had been sold to developers, who, working with the township, had tried unsuccessfully to find someone to buy and restore the house. The original Cape Cod portion of the home was dismantled and reconstructed in June of 1977 by a former Livingston resident, Mike Cramer (shown in several of these photos), a college student who had taken an interest in the house. Cramer meticulously took apart the original structure, numbered the pieces and transported them to his home in Boonton, where he worked to reconstruct it as authentically as possible. The newer portions of the Squier House, however, were razed and new homes were built on the land, which became Squier Court. As a tribute to the Squier Houses legacy, however, each of the new homes featured fireplace mantles made from timbers salvaged from the house.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:59:44 +0000
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