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This is a Historic American Buildings Survey data page for the Japhet Leeds House in Leeds Point, Atlantic County, New Jersey, held by the Library of Congress under survey number NJ-399. Supervising historian Walter E. Rutt of Newark dated the entry April 26, 1959. It records that Japhet B. Leeds built the stone house in 1814 and that a frame addition was made in 1858. It names Jesse Mathis as the owner at the time and cites record searches at Mays Landing and Woodbury.
STATE New Jersey COUNTY Atlantic TOWN OR VICINITY Leeds Point ad INDEX NUMBER NJ i- UEPQ MONUMENT M 0 55 J/iPHeT Leeds House M/ Re REPRESENTED IN NEGATIVE FILE PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS PUBLISHED DRAWINGS F(V- 21 %■ H.A.B.S. SURVEY NO. IJ-399 History - Built 1814 by JaphetB. Leeds; Present Owner, Jesse Ma this Description - Stone, northeast side stuccoed, frame addition €dfled in 1858; inside stone and brick chimneys roof pitch; two and one-half stories HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY N
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