Marlpit Hall - Taylor Homestead

Artist Henry Thomas Gulick

Period1952

MediumOil on masonite

Dimensions13.75 × 20 in. (34.9 × 50.8 cm)

SignedSigned lower right, "H. T. Gulick." Signed on reverse, "H. T. G. Aug. '52."

ClassificationsLandscapes & Still Life

Credit LineGift of William C. Riker, 1980

Object number1980.16.6

DescriptionDepiction of a white-painted story and a half house of salt-box shape, with a five bay facade, three dormers, a smaller wing to the right, and green-painted shutters. The house is set on a wooded lot surrounded by grass, with a hill behind it in the distance. A gravel road passes in the foreground in front of the structure, with a gravel driveway passing in front of it. A cast iron bench sits to the left of the house, and flowers appear in front of its foundation. The sky is blue with a few white clouds.
NotesThis painting is the second view of Marlpit Hall executed by Henry Thomas Gulick. Built in part in 1686 and enlarged greatly about 1756, this venerable structure at the north end of Middletown village, Monmouth County, served as a home of the Taylor family. The Taylors were relatives of the artist's wife, Charlotte W. Field. Marlpit Hall, a historic house museum donated to the Association in 1936 by Mrs. J. Amory Haskell, is open to the public seasonally.

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