Woodstown has a sidewalk tour of twelve architecturally significant homes located in the Woodstown Historic District. The Historic District features approximately 50 homes. Visitors can enjoy these homes from the public sidewalks.
The Sara Dickenson House, 34 N Main St, was built in the Carpenter Gothic style in 1865. The house has all its original details with a finely detailed front porch with 4 columns and gingerbread trim, paired brackets under the eaves, gabled roof and gable trim, original shutters and two over two windows. Of special interest is the Gothic window under the front Gable. This house is a fine example of 19th Century Gothic Revival.
The William Shinn House, located at 60 N Main St in Woodstown New Jersey, is an example of a center hall stucture common to 19th century homes built in the classical revival style. Common to this style found in the early 19th Century Federal and Classical Revival periods is elliptically arched dormer windows on the third floor, a rectangular house plan with the longer side facing the street, a clapboard siding facade with random width reveal accented by dark shutters and double hung windows. The windows often had fluted pilasters.
The Joseph Shinn House is one of the oldest houses in Salem County dating from 1750 and added to the National Registry of Historic Places in 1979. Also known as The Old Red House, 68 N. Main St., Woodstown. Architectural style is Georgian, having a square symmetrical shape, a central door, straight lines of windows on the first and second floor, entryway and hall aligned along the center of the house. The pedimented entry was probably added in late nineteenth century.
In 1850, Isaiah Clawson built this large federal style home at 74 N Main St. The federal type homes were popular among the affluent during post Revolutionary years until the middle of the 19th century. With understated symmetry and formal appearance Federal homes have symmetrical facades, an equal number of windows with small panes on each side of the door, a central entranceway and foyer with sitting rooms off the hall. The roof on this home is metal, the porch has decorative square columns with chamfered edges.
Joshia Davis built this Carpenter Gothic style home in 1850. This home has less ornamentation than some homes of this style but still has fanciful elements such as intricate gingerbread scroll work on the porch and a cathedral window under the steeply pitched front gable. The use of random width wood clapboard is common to houses in this era, beaded geometric shaped shingles were used under the front gable. Steam powered saws and an abundance of wood made fancy scroll work possible during this time.
J. Hartley Nixon designed and built this Tudor-inspired home located at 250 N Main St. Woodstown. The Tudor influence is seen in the tall steeped gable curved at the base, a tall chimney placed prominently in the front, arches and stucco finish. The house is set back with a large front lawn and curved walkway. Built in 1931 the house borrowed from a historical style as many early 20th century homes did and is sometimes referred to as period revival style or in this example, Tudor Revival. The Tudor Style is descriptive of English architecture of the 16th century.