The Converse Cottage at 500 South Atlantic Avenue in Beach Haven, Ocean County, New Jersey is a Queen Anne-style summer house built . It was designed by Wilson Brothers & Company for John H. Converse, a senior partner in the

Baldwin Locomotive Works The Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) was an American manufacturer of railroad locomotives from 1825 to 1951. Originally located in Philadelphia, it moved to nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania, in the early 20th century. The company was for decades t ...

, and is a mirror image of the

Dr. Edward H. Williams House The Dr. Edward H. Williams House at 506 South Atlantic Avenue in Beach Haven, Ocean County, New Jersey is a Queen Anne-style summer house built . It was designed by Wilson Brothers & Company for Edward H. Williams, a partner in the Baldwin ...

next door. Listed at 504 Atlantic Avenue, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 14, 1983, for its significance in architecture. It was listed as part of the Beach Haven Multiple Resource Area (MRA). With It is also a

contributing property In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distri ...

of the Beach Haven Historic District.

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