Sale Of Items From Historic Levi Cory House Will Benefit Restoration

On May 17-18 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the historic Levi Cory house will be open for a “Contents of House” sale.

The prior owner, Jan Patterson Interiors, left a treasure trove of fabrics, notions, pillows, hardware, sample books, wall art and home decorating accents which will all be for sale at deeply discounted prices. One hundred percent of the proceeds from this sale will benefit the Mountainside Restoration Committee’s campaign to move the Levi Cory House and save it from demolition. Bolts of fabrics priced as low as $8 and throw pillows priced as low as $2 are among the great buys to be had. Everything must go.

This 200-year-old structure, once the home of Barrett & Crain Realtors, was the property of the Cory family who were prominent members of the “Westfields” of Elizabethtown and Mountainside communities. Joseph Cory was the first mayor of Mountainside. His cousin, Levi Cory, once owned the house and rented it (in 1892) to the founders of the “Children’s Country Home” as a summer retreat for inner city children – later to become Children’s Specialized.

The Levi Cory House is located at 2 New Providence Road (Corner of New Providence Road and Mountain Avenue) in Mountainside. The Mountainside Restoration Committee is a committee of volunteers governed by the Borough of Mountainside whose purpose is to maintain the Deacon Andrew Hetfield House, move the Levi Cory House and collect and save historic information and items from destruction. For further information, please call 908-789-9420; or go to: www.mountainsidehistory.org.

Editor's Note: This information was provided by the Mountainside Restoration Committee.