Is the Glen Alpin house historically important?   Although Glen Alpin is not listed individually as an historic property, it is an integral part of the Tempe Wick Road/Washington Corners Historic District, which was first listed in 2000 and is listed on both the New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places.   The National Register listing describes Glen Alpin as “one of New Jersey’s great Gothic Revival Houses.”  

Janet Foster, an architectural historian, author, and Assistant Director of Historic Preservation at Columbia University, specializes in New Jersey historic architecture and is quite familiar with Glen Alpin. Ms. Foster believes Glen Alpin was likely to have been constructed from building designs such as those published in A.J. Downing’s books and is an excellent and well-preserved example of Gothic Revival architecture.  According to Ms. Foster, Glen Alpin’s architectural significance is of national importance.  She states that Glen Alpin is also important regionally as an outstanding example of the Romantic Revival Country Houses built in the mid-19^th century in Morristown