South Brunswick’s Slack-Carroll House Is Now A Historic Landmark

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — The Township council formally declared the Slack-Carroll House a historic landmark.

Located at 354 Georges Road, the house was originally built sometime between 1860 to 1867. The Slack-Carroll house served as a county doctor’s home and office for over 100 years.

The Dayton Village Citizen’s Coalition, a nonprofit organization had urged the Council to preserve the structure and declare it a historic landmark. More: Residents Want South Brunswick To Declare This Home A Historic Site

“We are designating it a historic property and it will stay in perpetuity as it is,” Deputy Mayor Joe Camarota said.

The structure holds historic significance for Dayton as it was the first home built north of the intersection of Crossroads, which was the early name for Dayton. More: South Brunswick To Introduce Historic Landmark Ordinance Tuesday

It was also the first physician's office in the rural village, and it was known to be the first hospital in the area. The home had the first indoor plumbing in town with a zinc-lined wooden tub, according to the DVCC.

The house is a 2.5-story, L-Plan vernacular Italianate. According to local historians, Dr. Clarence M. Slack, Dayton's first physician and later the Middlesex County clerk, likely built the home for himself.

In 1887 sold his practice to Dr. Edgar Carroll, who served as a country doctor. He lived there until his death sometime around 1934. After that, the house changed ownership many times.

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