Dr. John Christie Ware Bungalow
historic house in Saddle River, New Jersey
The Dr. John Christie Ware Bungalow is located at 246 East Saddle River Road in the borough of Saddle River in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The historic house was built in 1909 using boulders and features American Craftsman architectural style as designed by its original owner, John Christie Ware. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1986, for its significance in architecture. It was listed as part of the Saddle River Multiple Property Submission (MPS).
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Dr. John Christie Ware Bungalow” as historic house in Saddle River, New Jersey. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as historic house in Saddle River, New Jersey. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5304192. Authority coordinates are 41.040, -74.098. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1909 and 1986.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
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Three-step research path
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Questions for further research
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- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Dr. John Christie Ware Bungalow” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.