Iviswold
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Iviswold, also known as The Castle is a house originally constructed in 1869 located in what is now Rutherford, New Jersey
. It was placed on the List of Registered Historic Places in New Jersey on November 4, 2004. The house is part of the Rutherford campus of Felician College
and currently undergoing renovations.
. Ivison died in 1903 and The Castle was sold and resold multiple times. During this period the building was used by the Rutherford Union Club. In 1942 Fairleigh Dickinson University
was created and held the first classes within Iviswold. As Fairleigh Dickinson University grew it built multiple college buildings around Iviswold. By the late 1980s the college was outgrowing their Rutherford campus. Fairleigh Dickinson University closed their Rutherford campus in 1994 and then sold the campus along with Iviswold to Felician College in 1997. Felician College has spent the past few years restoring The Castle to its original condition. The New Jersey Historic Trust contributed $1,550,000 to the restoration project.
. The 1887 remodeling of the house was inspired by the Château de Chaumont
located in Loir-et-Cher
, France
. The remodeling turned the building into a three story turreted mansion with twenty five rooms. Local brownstone
was used in the construction of the exterior walls. Balconies, a music room and a porte-cochère
were added during this time. In the 1930s, an indoor pool was installed which required a water tower to be built into the structure to supply it. In the 1970s, when Fairleigh Dickinson was using the building for classroom space the college covered up much of the original interior with drop ceilings and partition walls.
Rutherford, New Jersey
Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 18,061. It is an inner-ring suburb of New York City, located west of Midtown Manhattan....
. It was placed on the List of Registered Historic Places in New Jersey on November 4, 2004. The house is part of the Rutherford campus of Felician College
Felician College
Felician College is a private Roman Catholic college with two campuses, located in Lodi and Rutherford, New Jersey.It was founded as the Immaculate Conception Normal School by the Felician Sisters in 1923, and became Immaculate Conception Junior College in 1942. With the authorization of its first...
and currently undergoing renovations.
History
The home was built in 1869 by Floyd W. Tomkins who called it Hill House. The home was purchased in 1887 by David Brinkerhoff Ivison who greatly expanded it and gave the home the name Iviswold. The expansion was designed by the architect William Henry MillerWilliam Henry Miller (architect)
William Henry Miller was an American architect and the first graduate of the architecture school at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.Born in 1848 in Trenton, New York, Miller graduated from Cornell in 1872...
. Ivison died in 1903 and The Castle was sold and resold multiple times. During this period the building was used by the Rutherford Union Club. In 1942 Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fairleigh Dickinson University is a private university founded as a junior college in 1942. It now has several campuses located in New Jersey, Canada, and the United Kingdom.-Description:...
was created and held the first classes within Iviswold. As Fairleigh Dickinson University grew it built multiple college buildings around Iviswold. By the late 1980s the college was outgrowing their Rutherford campus. Fairleigh Dickinson University closed their Rutherford campus in 1994 and then sold the campus along with Iviswold to Felician College in 1997. Felician College has spent the past few years restoring The Castle to its original condition. The New Jersey Historic Trust contributed $1,550,000 to the restoration project.
Construction
The original home was a two story stone house with a mansard roofMansard roof
A mansard or mansard roof is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper that is punctured by dormer windows. The roof creates an additional floor of habitable space, such as a garret...
. The 1887 remodeling of the house was inspired by the Château de Chaumont
Château de Chaumont
The Château de Chaumont is a French castle at Chaumont-sur-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, France.The first château-fort on this site between Blois and Amboise was a primitive fortress built by Eudes II, Count of Blois, in the 10th century with the purpose of protecting Blois from attacks from his feudal...
located in Loir-et-Cher
Loir-et-Cher
Loir-et-Cher is a département in north-central France named after the rivers Loir and Cher.-History:Loir-et-Cher is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Orléanais and...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. The remodeling turned the building into a three story turreted mansion with twenty five rooms. Local brownstone
Brownstone
Brownstone is a brown Triassic or Jurassic sandstone which was once a popular building material. The term is also used in the United States to refer to a terraced house clad in this material.-Types:-Apostle Island brownstone:...
was used in the construction of the exterior walls. Balconies, a music room and a porte-cochère
Porte-cochere
A porte-cochère is the architectural term for a porch- or portico-like structure at a main or secondary entrance to a building through which a horse and carriage can pass in order for the occupants to alight under cover, protected from the weather.The porte-cochère was a feature of many late 18th...
were added during this time. In the 1930s, an indoor pool was installed which required a water tower to be built into the structure to supply it. In the 1970s, when Fairleigh Dickinson was using the building for classroom space the college covered up much of the original interior with drop ceilings and partition walls.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Bergen County, New Jersey