| New Jersey (Bergen County), Alpine — 62 — Closter Dock Road |
| | Laid out in 1761 by New York over an earlier route when that province claimed jurisdiction over this area. Used by troops during the Revolutionary War, the road led from Closter to Closter Dock on the Hudson where farm produce was shipped to New York City markets. In 1805 and 1854 road improvements led to an active waterfront community. Later it was the western terminus of Yonkers Ferry. World War I soldiers marched down the road to be ferried to troop transports.
Sponsored by Alpine Bicentennial Committee, 1976 — Map (db m7208) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Alpine — The Old Alpine Trail |
| | Here began
The Old Alpine Trail
used by
the British troops who
first appeared in the
State of New Jersey
on the stormy night
of Nov. 18, 1776 in the
unsuccessful effort of
Cornwallis to intercept
Washington on his way
to Trenton. — Map (db m6969) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Bergenfield — African American Baptist Church Cemetery |
| | Francis Jackson, a freed slave, purchased 7 ¾ acres of woodland here in 1868. Later it would include the black cemetery and “a plain neat little church” built about 1873. The Pastor, Rev. Nicholas Fr. Jackson, lived nearby. The cemetery had 72 burial plots which may have included former slaves. Tombstones no longer exist but some families who rest here are Jackson, Pomplin, Bell, Sisco, Brown, Chase, Blenus, Napson and James.
A Bergenfield Historic Site, 1996. — Map (db m7509) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Bergenfield — Old Slave Cemetery |
| | Founded 1672
Rededicated May 17, 1964
Restored by the Boy Scouts of Bergenfield. — Map (db m7510) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Bergenfield — 2 — South Church |
| | Organized in 1723 as the Schraalenburg Dutch Reformed Church. First church erected in 1728, 150 feet to the east, the present building in 1799. The True Reformed Church was founded here in 1822. The church became Presbyterian in 1913. John Henry Goetschius, minister from 1748 to 1774, the principal founder of Queens College (Rutgers), and many Revolutionary War soldiers are buried in the churchyard. — Map (db m7506) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Bogota — 3 — “Achter Col” Colony |
| | In 1642, when this area was part of New Netherland, Johannes Winckelman built near here a ninety-foot long fur trading post and farmhouse – a building which sheltered both settlers and cattle. During the 1643 Indian war it was protected by five Dutch soldiers but on the night of September 17, 1643, it was attacked and burned to the ground by the Hackensack and Tappan Indians. This section of Bogota was known as “Winkelman” for many years.
Sponsored by Ralph H. Hall Post No. 5561, V.F.W. and Ladies’ Aux. 1974 — Map (db m7128) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Cliffside Park — Palisades Amusement Park |
| | Dedicated to the memory of Palisades Amusement Park " Here we were happy. Here we grew!" "This is dedicated to the men and women who worked and played at Palisades Amusement Park, especially to the man who was its Spirit, its Shaker and its Mover, Irving Rosenthal." "Cousin" Bruce Morrow — Map (db m18386) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Closter — Closter Public School |
| | In 1899 the schoolhouse property was bought from the Bloomer family. The following year a two story, square plan, Renaissance Revival style building was completed with 3 classrooms and an assembly room for grades K-8. In 1907, 4 classrooms were added to the south side, and in 1912, 6 classrooms were added to the north side, expanding the school to K-12. In 1921 the south end was again enlarged, and from 1929 to 1955 it was solely the Closter Jr/Sr High School, 7-12. From 1955 to 1996 it was . . . — Map (db m7912) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Closter — 65 — Daniel De Clark House |
| | Built about 1786 by Daniel De Clark, the frame kitchen wing was added in the early 1800’s. De Clark operated a large cattle and dairy farm on 170 acres of land. In 1815 son William was the owner and he sold the house to his grandson, Jacob D.C. Outwater, in 1849. Jacob was a farmer who also built and ran a nearby sawmill. The farmhouse passed from the family in 1856. Later it became part of the Palisade Stock Farm.
In National Register of Historic Places — Map (db m7916) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Closter — Hilderbrant Naugle House |
| | Built in 1871 for Hilderbrant Naugle on a suburban lot near the Closter R.R. depot, the frame gable-front-and wing house is notable for the ornamental scroll work of Gothic design. Naugle was a carpenter and clockmaker who made improvements to his home. He died in 1899 and the residence was occupied by his son Resolvert Naugle, also a carpenter. It was purchased by his son-in-law, William Tate, in 1922 and family ownership ended in 1924.
Sponsored by Patricia and Vincent Sorrentino, 1997 — Map (db m7919) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Closter — 63 — Nagel (Naugle) House |
| | Built about 1745 on land purchased in 1710 by Barent and Resolvert Nagel. The frame wing was added later. Owned by Barent’s son John by 1754 and later by grandson David Naugle, a militiaman during the Revolutionary War. In about 1784 David built a gristmill and his son, John D., was known as an “honest miller”. When sold in 1878, John J. Naugle was the last to possess the house after five generations of family ownership.
Sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Goldberg 1983 — Map (db m7910) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Closter — 64 — Reformed Church of Closter — Built 1862 |
| | Established as the “Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Closter City”, it was the first church erected in the Borough of Closter. Dedicated October 7, 1862, tradition says the church was the headquarters of the “Harrington Rifles”, a group of churchmen who drilled here for service in the Civil War. In 1868, the church housed first classroom in present Closter. The building has been enlarged and remodeled over the years.
Sponsored by the Reformed Church of Closter 1977 — Map (db m7917) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Closter — Walter Parcells Homestead |
| | In 1795 Walter Parcells, a mason, erected this house of local stone on 34 acres of land on what was then known as Closter New Road. Built in the Federal style, it is 1½ stories high with a gambrel style roof. The frame wing was added later and another wing, on the west, no longer stands. By 1860 it was known as the Lone Star Tavern run by Cornelia Parcells Vanderbeck. The house remained in the Parcells family until 1961.
Sponsored by the Closter Historical Society, 1999. In State . . . — Map (db m7915) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Cresskill — 5 — Benjamin P. Westervelt Homesite |
| | The main wing of this house was built in 1808 by Benjamin P. Westervelt who served in the local militia during the Revolution. The site of this house has been continuously owned by the Westervelt family since early colonial times. General Erskine’s maps show a Westervelt home on this site in 1778. A fine example of the Dutch Colonial style, it served as a background in some early moving pictures.
Sponsored by the Cresskill Rotary Club. — Map (db m7207) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Cresskill — Camp Merritt |
| | Established A.D. 1917 for use in connection with the port of embarkation at Hoboken New Jersey.
Named in honor of Major-General Wesley Merritt
Continously in service of his country July 1, 1855 to June 16, 1900 — Map (db m7495) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Cresskill — Camp Merritt Memorial |
| | In memory of those soldiers who gave their lives for their country while on duty in Camp Merritt.
This monument marks the center of the camp and faces the highway over which more than a million American soldiers passed on their way to and from the World War 1917-1919.
Erected by the State of New Jersey, the County of Bergen, The Bergen County Historical Society, Officers and men of Camp Merritt. Many patriotic citizens and the Camp Merritt Memorial Association. — Map (db m7496) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Cresskill — 66 — Cap’t John Huyler’s Farm |
| | In 1776, a 180 acre farm here was owned by Loyalist John Ackerson. It extended from the Tenakill to the Hudson, bordered on the north by the road used by British invaders that year. Seized as enemy property, it was bought in 1784 by Militia Captain John Huyler. The main wing of this house was built in 1836 by his son, Peter. The stone work is exceptional. The outbuilding of stone was probably a kitchen with quarters for slaves.
Sponsored by Cresskill Lions Club. — Map (db m7212) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Cresskill — 4 — Huyler’s Landing Road |
| | In colonial times a crude road led from here to a landing at the Hudson River. According to the reports and maps of Generals Erskine and Wayne this road was used by Cornwallis in attacking Fort Lee on November 20, 1776. On May 10, 1779 it was used by Tories in a devastating raid on homes in this valley. Around 1840 George Huyler improved the road. It became a major route for farm produce going to New York by way of Huyler’s Landing until the coming of the railroad in 1859.
Sponsored by the Cresskill Lions Club. — Map (db m7206) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Demarest — 67 — Demarest Railroad Station |
| | Built 1872 at “Demarests Station” on the Northern Railroad of New Jersey. Designed by noted architect J. Cleveland Cady, it was considered the “handsomest on the line.” The depot was built of Palisades stone quarried on the Demarest farm. The station was named for State Senator Ralph S. Demarest, a director of the railroad, and his family, who owned the land. The Borough took the name when incorporated in 1903.
Sponsored by Demarest Historical Association 1980. — Map (db m7508) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Dumont — 6 — Derick Banta House |
| | This example of Dutch Colonial architecture was built between 1780-1790 by Derick Banta, soldier in the American Revolution, after his birthplace here was burned by Tories. Owned by the Quackenbush family from 1792, it was sold to Isaac Dixon in 1862, whose son Robert was Dumont’s fourth Mayor. In 1929 Miss Sarah Dixon devised the homestead to the town for a public library.
Sponsored by the Old Schraalenburg Historical Society 1975. — Map (db m7507) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Dumont — In Grateful Remembrance |
| | In grateful remembrance
of the
Citizens of Dumont
who so nobly answered their country’s call to arms to fight in the Great War for Liberty and Democracy
1917 - 1919
[A list of names follow]
Along this road Washington and his Army marched in our War for Independence.
Here during the World War more than a million American soldiers passed on their way to Camp Merritt for service overseas and on their return. — Map (db m7512) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Dumont — 7 — Old North Church |
| | Organized in 1723 as the Schraalenburgh Reformed Dutch Church. First church was built in 1728. In 1801 the present Old North Reformed Church was built, one mile north of first site, and continues as a Reformed congregation. This sanctuary is considered one of the finest examples of early American church architecture. Its churchyard is the resting place of many Revolutionary War soldiers.
Sponsored by Old Schraalenburgh Historical Society — Map (db m7486) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Edgewater — Burdett's Landing |
| | In the time of the revolution, the road turned here and followed the brook to Peter Burdett’s ferry, the important Hudson River approach to General Nathaniel Greene’s encampment at Fort Lee, on the hill, and the connecting link with the American forces on the opposite shore.
South of the brook stood the Burdett homestead, Washington’s local headquarters.
Washington, Greene, Putnam and others crossed frequently here, dispatch-bearers arrived and departed, troops and military stores . . . — Map (db m22101) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Edgewater — 68 — Ferryboat Binghamton |
| | Built for the Hoboken Ferry Company and launched in1905, it plied the Hudson River between Hoboken and Manhattan (Barclay St.) for 62 years. This double-ender steamboat was designed to carry 986 passengers and a number of vehicles. It was in operation until 1967 when all ferry service on the river ceased. Moored here in 1975, the Binghampton was converted to a restaurant. The vessel was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. — Map (db m9528) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Emerson — Emerson Veterans Monument |
| | Let Us Hold in Honored Memory Those Who Served Their Country In the Great War 1914 -1918
[Column A:]
Reginald S. Aberle • Frank Aurricchio • Anthony Bamond • Frederick Block • Dominick Brescia • Anthony Decker • Frank Decker • Charles Dilba • Fred Fazzio • Phillip J. Franco • Joseph Guida • Harry B. Haring • Victor Hart • Herman Hartwich • Otto Hartwich • J. Arthur Heck • John F. Hillman • William Hoffman • Anthony La Morte • Frank La Morte
[Column B:]
Ralph La Morte • . . . — Map (db m22165) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Emerson — 70 — Kinderkamack |
| | An area which in colonial times included part of Emerson, Kinderkamack extended southward into part of River Edge. The name is found recorded as early as 1686. This portion became Etna in the late 19th century and Emerson in 1909. The road which bears the name was surveyed during the Revolution and used by American and British troops. Today the name remains only in the main route north from Hackensack to Montvale. Sponsored by the Emerson Bicentennial Commission 1976 — Map (db m8634) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Englewood — 74 — Brookside Chapel |
| | Built in 1860 on Palisade Avenue as “The Englewood Presbyterian Church”, it was the first church established in the city. A new, larger church was built on the original site and the old building was taken down, stone by stone, and re-erected at Brookside Cemetery about 1877. The sandstone church, later known as the “Chapel”, is in the Gothic Revival architecture. Brookside Cemetery was established in 1876.
Sponsored by First Presbyterian Church, 1989, to commemorate . . . — Map (db m7011) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Englewood — 72 — De Mott – Westervelt House |
| | Built about 1808 by Henry DeMott, this sandstone Dutch Colonial house was once attached to the pre-Revolutionary homestead of Albert Lydecker. Material from the older house used in the present frame wing built c. 1810 by Peter Westervelt. The Westervelt family owned the homestead until 1936. Adjacent Dutch Barn is an adaptation of the European “bouwhuys”, or farmhouse, where men and cattle lived under one roof.
Sponsored by the Englewood Bicentennial Committee. 1976 — Map (db m7133) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Englewood — 8 — English Neighborhood Union School |
| | This former school was originally built in 1818 near the Liberty Pole Tavern. In 1850 it was moved here and rebuilt with the original materials. This part of Englewood was then known as Highwood. The name Englewood School was adopted in 1897. It continued to be used as a school until the close of the century.
Sponsored by the Contempory Club Of Englewood, 1964 — Map (db m7129) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Englewood — 73 — First Presbyterian Church |
| | Organized in 1860 as “The Englewood Presbyterian Church”, the first edifice was erected on this site in the same year. It was the first church building in Englewood and the first Presbyterian congregation in Bergen County. Today’s structure was built in 1870 in Victorian Gothic style of architecture. Over the years the church has been enlarged and remodeled. — Map (db m6970) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Englewood — 9 — John G. Benson House |
| | Built c. 1800 by John G. Benson, a farmer, and from 1794 to 1797, a captain in the militia. This house, an example of post-Revolutionary War Dutch Colonial architecture, was built on property confiscated by New Jersey from the Reverend Garret Lydecker, a Tory during the American Revolution.
Sponsored by Englewood Environmental Commission 1974 — Map (db m7009) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Englewood — 71 — Liberty Pole |
| | This area named for a Liberty Pole erected here before the Revolution. The strategic junction was the scene of many American and British troop movements, including the 1776 retreat of the Continental Army from Fort Lee, and British activity in 1776 and 1778. The American encampment and HQ of General Washington in 1780; also present were Lt. Col. Alexander Hamilton and General Anthony Wayne. Site of the Liberty Pole Tavern.
Sponsored by the Englewood Bicentennial Committee 1976 — Map (db m7012) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Englewood — Liberty Pole |
| | The Liberty Pole erected here in 1766 to celebrate repeal of Stamp Act has been replaced several times. Present one, 1964. — Map (db m7013) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Englewood — 75 — Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church |
| | Organized in 1865, the congregation first met in homes and in the armory on Van Brunt St. The original church was built in 1866. The present chapel was erected in 1895 as a parish hall. Today’s Gothic church structure, built in 1899, has the rose limestone of the original building in its foundation. The stained glass are from Tiffany, La Farge, and Lamb Studios.
Sponsored by the Congregation in the year of the church’s 125th anniversary, 1990 — Map (db m7010) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fairlawn — 10 — Naugle House |
| | This colonial home was built in the 18th century by a Naugle. He was said to have been a paymaster in Layayette’s Light Division. The house served as a landmark on many Revolutionary War maps. It is believed that Lafayette visited here in 1824. Sponsored by College Club of Fairlawn — Map (db m8563) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fairlawn — 76 — Site of Hopper-Croucher Homestead |
| | One of the last farmsteads in Fair Lawn stood on this site. The house built by Henry A. Hopper in 1855 was razed for road improvement in 1989. He was a Sheriff and Freeholder of Bergen County and served in the State Legislature. In 1919 William M. Croucher, Sr., bought the farm and with his sons, Percy, Clarence and William worked the land as a truck farm until 1953. Sponsored by James R. Croucher, Sr., 1991 — Map (db m8561) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — Abatis Construction at Fort Lee |
| | Fortifications were protected by obstacles, such as an abatis, or other major hindrances to assaulting troops. They were easily placed before a parapet, or breastwork, wherever trees were plentiful and were used to supplement defensive rampart walls or barricades.
Derived from the French word meaning heap of material thrown together, the abatis was built of piles of trees or large branches sharpened to a point and turned toward the enemy’s approach. They were entangled to form an impassable . . . — Map (db m7735) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — Cannons |
| | The word “cannon” is derived from the Latin canna, meaning tube, pipe or gun and dates back to the 13th Century. In the 1400’s, the term described a cylinder made from iron bars “soldered” together and fortified with iron hoops.
By the 18th Century, cannon barrels were cast in one piece and designated by the weight of the shot they fired. The largest weapons at Fort Lee were the 32 pounders which had an overall length of 10 feet and were able to develop a high . . . — Map (db m7737) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — Fort Lee Historic Park |
| | Beneath these cliffs, Henry Hudson’s Half-Moon was welcomed by the Lenni Lenape Indians on September 3, 1609.
Nearly 167 years later, this giant Bluff Rock became a strategic stronghold in the American War for Independence as the conflict raged within view of this spot from early July through November 20, 1776. Around this fortification, first called “The Mountain,” then “Fort Constitution” and later “Fort Lee,” the American defense fought for control of . . . — Map (db m7707) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — Fort Lee Road |
| | Fort Lee Road (Main Street) was the main roadway to General Washington’s Headquarters in Hackensack. Supplies and men were in constant movement on the road to re-supply Fort Washington in New York. The Continental Army began it’s “Retreat to Victory” on this road. Its link to the New Bridge Crossing on the Hackensack River saved the Continental Army from capture. This would have ended the War for Independence. — Map (db m7657) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — General George Washington — 1732-1799 |
| | General Washington was in Fort Lee many times during the Battle of New York. His main headquarters was in Hackensack, but had a temporary headquarters in Fort Lee near Anderson Avenue and Elizabeth Street. His main objective in Fort Lee was to observe and see that Fort Washington, across the Hudson River, was well prepared for the coming battle with British forces. He also wanted to make sure that the British fleet did not sail up the Hudson River. By standing on the top of the palisades in . . . — Map (db m7647) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — General Henry Knox — 1750-1806 |
| | General Knox was the Commander of the Continental Army Artillery. He was in charge of the placement of the artillery cannons on the palisades in Fort Lee. His main objective was to stop the British fleet from sailing up the Hudson River. He was one of two generals to serve Washington throughout the Revolutionary War. — Map (db m7650) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — General Horatio Gates — 1727-1806 |
| | General Gates was commissioned a Brigadier General and was appointed Adjutant General of the Continental Army in 1775 by orders of General Washington. He was in Fort Lee with General Washington in October 1776. — Map (db m7652) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — General Hugh Mercer — 1726-1777 |
| | Fort Lee was constructed by General Mercer on October 18, 1776 on orders from General George Washington. Originally called Fort Constitution, it was re-christened Fort Lee in honor of General Charles Lee, second in command of the Continental Army, by orders of General George Washington. Monument Park was the campgrounds for the Continental Army troops. General Mercer was killed at the Battle of Princeton on January 12, 1777. — Map (db m7653) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — General John “Black Jack” Pershing — 1860-1948 |
| | Spanish American War
Mexican Expedition
General of the Armies
World War I
Attended the dedication of Monument Park as keynote speaker in 1908 — Map (db m7656) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — General Nathaniel Greene — 1742-1786 |
| | General Greene took command of Fort Lee on September 17, 1776 from General James Iwing. At that time there were around 2,667 troops stationed in Fort Lee. The encampment was the main quartermaster post for supplying men and equipment to Fort Washington on the New York side of the Hudson River during the Battle of New York. General Greene was a personal friend of George Washington and was one of the two generals to serve Washington throughout the war. He became a hero fighting the British in the Carolinas. — Map (db m7648) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — Historical Chronology 1776 |
| |
(1) July 12 - Fort Lee’s fortifications laid out. Together with Fort Washington on the opposite bank and aided by a river barrier, the twin fortresses are intended to thwart British control of the Hudson.
(2) July12 - General Howe’s forces land on Staten Island and through late-August amass 31,000 men.
(3) August 22 - British cross the Bay and engage Washington’s army five days later in the Battle of Long Island.
(4) September 15 - Howe’s troops, in pursuit of the Americans, land at . . . — Map (db m7745) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — Military Magazine |
| | The military magazine derives its name from the Arabic word, “Makhazin”, meaning granary, or storehouse. Revolutionary War magazines were constructed with emphasis on fire and waterproofing, easy accessibility to the guns serviced and security from enemy fire.
A typical magazine had thick native stone walls filled with soil which protected a massive brick archway where the munitions were housed. A wooden door leading to the storage area provided ready access to the . . . — Map (db m7742) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — Mortar Battery |
| | Mortar shells from this battery plummeted down in high soaring arcs upon the warships, tearing through the canvas sails and bursting upon the wooden deck.
This mortar battery, joined with heavy guns on both sides of the River, made running the blockade a hazardous assignment for British sailing vessels.
It is believed this battery was used for mortars and consisted of four land mortars, a 13” brass, a 10” iron, a 10” brass and an 8” iron as well as one 13” . . . — Map (db m7705) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — Musketry Breastwork |
| | This defensive breastwork was built on the western edge of the bluff and guarded the road from Burdette’s Ferry to the west (to the Bastion). The parapets of timber filled with soil were built upon a stone base and were sufficient height to afford an adequate field of fire against assaulting troops. The banquette, (step) on the inside permitted the defenders to fire over the wall, and yet by stepping to the back were able to reload in safety. Fraise and abatis provided additional defense to . . . — Map (db m7710) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — Old Army Road |
| | Old Army Road, now called Palisade Road, was used by General Washington and his staff to reach the palisades for observing movement on the Hudson River crossings and New York. The road was also used to re-supply General Knox’s artillery positioned on the palisades, as well as sending troops to Fort Washington in New York. — Map (db m7658) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — Palisades Interstate Park |
| | Palisades Interstate Park has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the History of the United States. U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service 1965 — Map (db m7344) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — Protection of the Hudson River |
| | On July 12th, 1776, the British warships Phoenix and Rose sailed beneath the unarmed Bluff Rock, later named Fort Lee. This provocative action led Congress to order General Washington “By every art and whatever expense to obstruct effectively the navigation of the river.”
Washington soon adopted General Putnam’s plan for blockading the river by sinking stone-filled ships’ hulls chained together with protruding jagged spikes.
A series of ships was sunk, joined stern to stern 70 . . . — Map (db m7712) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — Soldier Hut |
| | At Fort Lee, “hutting” – the building of permanent huts – was started at General Greene’s command to:
“Fix proper places for barracks, none to be nearer the fort than 50 rods…build timber huts…boards are to be had only for the roof. The huts were to be 12 feet long by 9 feet wide, to have stone chimneys and to be ranged in proper streets.”
The huts, each housing 8 men, had earth flooring with sod, mud and clay used to chink the log timbers. . . . — Map (db m7738) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — Soldiers of the American Revolution — - 1776 – |
| | (Front of Monument):
In commemoration of the Soldiers of the American Revolution - 1776 – Erected by the State of New Jersey under the auspices of the Fort Lee Revolutionary Monument Association - 1908 –
(Left of Monument):
“Rebelmen”
These traprocks, aged two hundred million years, stand eternally, natural monuments towering high for the rebels and their cause for rebels without cause can quickly fall. See to it now your voices rise in peace . . . — Map (db m7348) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — The Barbette Battery |
| | This battery was believed to be the “Barbette Battery” as its location commanded a large field of fire of the river, stretching North to South from the Chevaux-De-Frise to the Bluff Rock’s southern edge.
A Barbette Battery’s guns fired over a low wall rather than through openings in the battery wall and was likened to “spitting over one’s beard”. The word, “barbette”, is derived from the French term for “beard”.
Field Cannons . . . — Map (db m7740) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — Thomas Paine — 1737-1809 |
| | Author-Soldier
“Common Sense” “American Crisis”
January 10, 1776 December 19, 1776
Thomas Paine volunteered for the Continental Army. He marched to Amboy, New Jersey, located off the tip of Staten Island where the British began the invasion of New York. He arrived before the first 9,3000 Redcoats landed and stayed until the fighting went north. Paine then went to Fort Lee where General Nathaniel Greene appointed him as one . . . — Map (db m7655) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Franklin Lakes — 12 — Franklin Avenue |
| | Originated as an Indian trail across land the Redmen called “Campgaw”. It was surveyed during the Revolutionary War by Robert Erskine, George Washington’s mapmaker, and connected settlements in the Ramapo and Saddle River Valleys. Franklin Lakes was once part of Franklin Township, named for New Jersey’s last Royal Governor, William Franklin. — Map (db m12395) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Franklin Lakes — Franklin Lakes United Methodist Church |
| | Organized in 1855 as the Methodist Episcopal Church of Campgaw, the first church was built on Circle Ave, in 1856, but was destroyed by fire in 1919. William V. Pulis donated a lot ‘in a most commanding part of the village.’ and the stone church was completed in 1921, built of rocks from the farmers’ fields. For many years the only church to serve the community, the new sanctuary was added in 1968 to serve the growing congregation. Sponsored by the Roy Bender Memorial Fund — Map (db m27048) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Hackensack — Archibald Campbell’s Tavern |
| | Archibald Campbell’s tavern stood here. He supplied meals to General Washington when Peter Zabriskie’s home was used as military headquarters between November 13 and November 21, 1776 during the retreat across New Jersey. The army marched down Main Street and camped on the Green during November 20-21, 1776. — Map (db m7227) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Hackensack — 81 — Bank House |
| | Erected about 1831 by the Washington Banking Company. The first bank in present Bergen County, it opened in the nearby Mansion House in 1825-26. After the bank failed in 1833, it housed the offices of prominent lawyers and judges. Later the home of the “New Jersey Citizen”, a newspaper published in the 1870’s. The original Federal style building was enlarged by additions to the side and rear in 1909. — Map (db m6817) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Hackensack — Bergen County Court House / Bergen County Old Jail |
| | [Bergen County Court House Side]:
James Riely Gordon (1863–1937), noted architect of public buildings used the Beaux Arts style to reflect the power and dignity of American institutions of government and justice. Ground was broken November 29, 1909 and the cornerstone laid on July 6, 1910. On February 1912 the building was completed at a cost of $1,617,000. The original design had space for County government and State and County courts. This is the fifth courthouse to stand in . . . — Map (db m6869) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Hackensack — Brigadier General Enoch Poor |
| | Dedicated to the memory of
Brigadier General Enoch Poor
by the New Jersey Society
of the Sons of the American Revolution:
Born at Andover, Mass., June 21, 1736;
Died near Hackensack, N.J., Sept. 8, 1780.
In command of a New Hampshire brigade, he rendered signal service at many battles, especially Stillwater, Saratoga, Newtown and Monmouth. Valley Forge witnessed his courage in its privation and his unselfishness in providing for the comfort of his soldiers.
He secured . . . — Map (db m6812) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Hackensack — Gen. Enoch Poor |
| | Regarded by Washington and Lafayette as a great general. He died nearby in 1780 and lies buried in the Reformed Churchyard. — Map (db m6815) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Hackensack — Hackensack War Memorial |
| | Erected in 1924 by the people of Hackensack in Memory of its soldiers and sailors who fought in the wars of the United States of America.
[Four panels around the monument's base depict different American wars] — Map (db m6873) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Hackensack — 16 — Historic First Reformed Church |
| | Earliest records of this pioneer Dutch church, dated 1686, mark it as the second oldest in New Jersey. Old stones embedded in the east wall show the initials of founding families and first settlers.
The old burying ground contains the grave of General Enoch Poor, a Revolutionary officer. His funeral was attended by Generals Washington and Lafayette and a portion of the American army. — Map (db m6820) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Hackensack — 80 — John I. Hopper House |
| | Built in 1818, by John I. Hopper in old “Polifly”, this Federal style house stands on land purchased in 1694 by his great-grandfather Hendrick. The farm remained in the Hopper family for seven generations. Slaves lived in the kitchen wing on the north and in the south wing which was added later. The large frame section was completed in 1983. The Hopper farmhouse has been a restaurant since 1937.
Sponsored by Stony Hill Inn 1983
On National Register of Historic Places — Map (db m6864) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Hackensack — 125 — Revolutionary War Cemetery |
| | Soldiers of the Revolution are buried in this cemetery of the True Reformed Dutch Church Deeded by Robert Campbell March 8, 1833 Erected by the Bergen County Historical Society 1937 — Map (db m7229) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Hackensack — Site of the Court-House & Jail |
| | Burned by the enemy 1780
Erected by The Bergen County Historical Society
1922 — Map (db m6872) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Hackensack — The Green |
| | Gift of John Berry, 1696. It became the village center of New Barbadoes Township, now Hackensack. Later a public park. — Map (db m6866) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Hackensack — The Green |
| | Hackensack was a small village centered around The Green which served as a strategic point during the American Revolution.
Washington headquartered here in November 1776 while he surveyed the local roads and bridges. — Map (db m6867) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Hackensack — U.S.S. Ling |
| | Launched August 15, 1943
Commissioned – June 8, 1945 – Boston
Sponsor Mrs. Edward J. Foy
First Captain – Commander G. G. Molumphy — Map (db m7230) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Hackensack — 82 — Varick Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
| | First African American Church in Hackensack. Organized in 1864 as “Olive Branch Colored Mission Number Three of Hackensack.” First church was an old lime shed moved here in 1867. In 1917 current name was adopted in honor of the first Bishop of the A.M.E. Zion Church, Bishop James Varick. The present sanctuary built in 1919.
Sponsored by 125th Anniversary Church Committee. 1983 — Map (db m7223) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Harrington Park — 83 — Abraham D. Blauvelt Homestead |
| | The house and the kitchen wing were built about 1801 by Abraham D. Blauvelt who farmed the land. It came into possession of his niece, Catherine Blauvelt, wife of Richard J. Blauvelt, and remained in the family until 1891. In 1904 Herman Steinhoff, a later owner, established the Rosewood Nursery which was continued by Freidrich and Karl Weiss when they purchased the premises in 1943. The Federal Period house was remodeled over the years.
Sponsored by Pauline Weiss, 1992 In National . . . — Map (db m7921) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Harrington Park — 19 — Blanch-Haring House |
| | Homestead of Isaac Blanch from about 1758 and site of his grist mill, both inherited in 1767 from his father, Richard Blanch, a native of England. Isaac was a Patriot official and member of the State Assembly during the Revolutionary War. He was taken prisoner by Tory raiders early in 1777 and jailed in New York until exchanged late that year. Property sold about 1788 to David Haring whose family owned it for the following century. — Map (db m7920) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Harrington Park — 18 — Old Burying Ground |
| | In use for nearly two hundred years, largely by the Blauvelt family, the earliest known burial was in 1722. The cemetery contains the graves of members of other early Bergen County families, veterans of the American Revolution and slaves. Some of the tombstones are inscribed in Dutch. Sponsored by the Woman’s Club of Harrington Park 1972 — Map (db m7877) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Harrington Park — 84 — Site of the Myers-Bogert Grist Mill |
| | Abraham Myers established a grist mill at this site on the Hackensack River prior to 1765. Inherited by son John who operated the mill until his death in 1829, it was continued by his son-in-law James Bogert. Long known as “Bogert’s Mill”, it remained in the family for three generations until 1922. The building was demolished in 1932 and was the last water-powdered mill to grind grain in the area.
Sponsored by the Harrington Park Historical Society 1985 — Map (db m7940) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Harrington Park — 20 — Wortendyke Homesite |
| | Frederick Wortendyke owned this land in 1723. It was once part of a large grant called the Tappan Patent. His son Jacob, who owned the homestead during the Revolutionary War, was taken captive in one of many British raids made in the area. Later owners included members of the Blauvelt, Demarest and Herring families. The house, rebuilt over the years, is now a combination of eighteenth and nineteenth century architecture. — Map (db m8683) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Haworth — 17 — Garret J. Durie House — Built c. 1811 |
| | An early 19th century example of Dutch Colonial architecture erected by Garret J. Durie on part of the estate of his father, John Durie. Garret J. Durie was a farmer whose 120 acre tract stretched eastward one mile to the Tenakill Brook. Located in what was once known as Schraalenburg, the house was occupied by Durie heirs – the Westervelt and Mount families – until 1946. — Map (db m7935) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Haworth — 85 — Schraalenburgh Road — Haworth’s Historic Highway |
| | Beginning as an Indian trail, it became a Colonial road through the village of Schraalenburgh, linking Teaneck with Tappan, N.Y. Surveyed and improved in 1775, it appeared on maps made during the Revolutionary War by Americans, French and British. The road was used by troops of both sides, including Tory raiding parties. This section in Haworth still retains the Schraalenburgh name.
Sponsored by Haworth 1776-1996 Bicentennial Committee — Map (db m7879) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Haworth — 86 — Zabriskie-Christie House |
| | Built 1818 by Garret H. Zabriskie on land his father Henry purchased in the 18th century. Garret ‘s farm consisted of 219 acres. It began on Schraalenburg Road and ran westward for one mile. Later owned by son John G. Zabriskie who sold it to his grandson John H. Christie in 1894. Christie, one of Haworth’s first councilmen, enlarged and remodeled the house. It was sold in 1936 after 118 years of Zabriskie-Christie ownership. — Map (db m7922) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Hillsdale — Capt. John H. Banta Homestead |
| | Built about 1796 by John H. Banta on a tract bought in 1755 where he had an earlier house. Banta was a carpenter and farmer who enlarged his homestead to 395 acres. At the time of the French and Indian War he served as a captain in the Bergen Militia. His son Jacob, a farmer, inherited the house which remained in the Banta family until 1860. John I. Mabie, a farmer, was the owner from 1861 to 1910. The house was renovated in the years between 1910 – 15.
Sponsored by Michael and Meryl . . . — Map (db m22251) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Hillsdale — Henry J. Werner |
| | In memory of Henry J. Werner Jan. 24, 1863 Jan. 12, 1939
Chief Hillsdale Fire Department First President N.J. & N.Y. Volunteer Firemens Assn. 1914 – 1947 First Mayor Borough of Hillsdale Nov. 12, 1923 Dec 31, 1925 In Appreciation of his loyalty hs devotion to duty his generosity and enthusiasm This tablet is erected by his friends 1941 — Map (db m22213) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Hillsdale — Hillsdale Fire Department Monument |
| | Dedicated to the Memory of Our Departed Members Hillsdale Fire Department 1977
"Honor Roll" marker:
In Memorium
O.S. Trall 1924 • H.H. Herring 1927 • G.W. Saul 1927 • J.H. Westphal 1928 • A.H. Storms 1929 • C. Potter 1932 • T.C. Demarest 1933 • L.C. Meyer 1934 • F.E. De Baun, Sr. 1934 • W.A. Farley 1936 • H.A. Herring 1936 • Fred Beneway, Sr. 1936 • C.H. Saul 1937 • H.J. Werner 1939 • J.W. Banta 1939 • J.G. Ackerman 1935 • G.H. Gosman 1940 • T.W. Tetlow 1940 • C. Deis 1943 • . . . — Map (db m22212) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Hillsdale — Hillsdale Police Booth |
| | Hillsdale Police Booth Built in 1925 by John Henry Olley It is Revered as the Symbol of Hillsdale — Map (db m22214) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Hillsdale — Hillsdale Veterans Monument |
| | Hillsdale
Honor Roll
In Time of Need These Men Pledged Their Lives Their Fortunes and Their Sacred Honor 1914 World War 1919
Ackerman, E. Lodewick • Ackerman, Garrett J. • Albertson, Edwin • Albertson, John • Bachman, Herman • Bachman, August • Baker, Chester • * Baker, Albert • Banta, Raymond • Bartz, Albert • Bayer, Henry P. • Beauvais, Alexander • Blauvelt, W. Roy • Brill, Harry • Bromilow, John • Bell, Harry • Campbell, Frank • Campbell, George • Carpenter, Emile • Clerk, Edgar M. . . . — Map (db m22195) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Leonia — Continental Army Encampment |
| | Immediately south was located for a period in the early days of September 1780, the encampment of the left wing of the "light" troop of the Continental Army under Marquis de Lafayette. — Map (db m7461) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Leonia — Dutch Reformed Church — of the English Neighborhood |
| | Site of the Dutch Reformed Church of the English Neighborhood Built in 1768-9 and dedicated in 1770, with Dominie Garrett Lydecker its first minister.
Used as a guardhouse and hospital at various times during the Revolution. Torn down in 1792, some of the timbers and stone used in construction of the succeeding edifice in Ridgefield. — Map (db m7335) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Leonia — George Washington Memorial Monument |
| | On November 20th 1776, General George Washington and part of the Continental Army on their march from Fort Lee to Trenton passed this way.
Erected July 4th, 1915 — Map (db m8012) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Leonia — March to Trenton |
| | In the early morning of Nov. 20, 1776 after evacuating Fort Lee by order of Gen. Washington, the Continental troops under Gen. Greene came down this road on their march to Trenton. — Map (db m7345) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Leonia — Slave Burial Ground |
| | In colonial times this was the site of a slave burial ground. In 1784 slaves comprised almost one forth of the population of the township. — Map (db m7462) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Leonia — 87 — Vreeland House |
| | Located in old English Neighborhood on land purchased by Dirck Vreeland before the Revolution, the homestead stretched between the Hudson River and Overpeck Creek. The stone wing of this house was built about 1786 and later was remodeled. Son Michael D. Vreeland added the main Dutch style house about 1815 which is noted for its Federal decorative detail. It remained in the Vreeland family until 1928.
Sponsored by Walter and Jean Cronan 1985.
In National Register of Historic Places — Map (db m7131) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Lyndhurst — 88 — River Road School |
| | The first schoolhouse was built on this site in 1804. Located in what then was called New Barbadoes Neck, the land was donated by Jacob Van Winkle “for the sole purpose of erecting a School House”. In 1849 it was replaced by a two-story building. The present one-room school, with Queen Anne style cupola, was built in 1893. It continued to be used as a Lyndhurst school until 1978.
Sponsored by the Lyndhurst Historical Society
In National Register of Historic Places — Map (db m6733) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Mahwah — Hopper Gristmill Site |
| | Built as a gristmill about 1760 by Lambartus Laroe and sold to Thomas Boggs in 1764, it had a pair of millstones. Boggs also ran a tavern in his nearby home. Owned by David Baldwin during the Revolution, the mill ground grain for American troops. Purchased after the war by Garret W. Hopper who added a sawmill. In 1832 he willed it to son William G. Hopper, a N.J. State Legislator. It operated as a mill until it burned in the late 1870’s. — Map (db m24991) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Mahwah — Old Lutheran Cemetery |
| | In 1713, eleven German Palatine families settled in this area and organized into a congregation under Lutheran Pastor Justus Falckner. About 1720, they built a log church near this site. It was replaced prior to 1739 with a larger structure, and again in 1798 by the present Ramapo Reformed Church, which the Lutheran and Dutch Reformed congregations built together. Stones in this cemetery date from 18th to the mid-19th centuries, with the earliest stone dated 1745. Family names include Bevans, . . . — Map (db m13359) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Mahwah — The Ackerman House — Mahwah’s Farming Heritage |
| | This 19th-century farmhouse with Colonial Revival features was the home of Garret G. Ackerman (b. 1810 – d. 1870) until his accidental death when he was thrown from his horse-drawn wagon on present Fardale Avenue. The west section of the house dates from the early mid-1800s, with subsequent additions. Garret’s son, John lived in the house until 1913. John’s brother, Garret G., owned a farm and gristmill on Ackerman Pond just southwest of here. Fardale, a section of Mahwah, remained . . . — Map (db m27051) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Mahwah — The Valentine Homestead |
| | The first and largest 2½ story block of this house was constructed by the Valentines, carpenters, and house builders, c. 1820. It features a Greek-Revival doorway, two interior chimneys and a later wraparound porch with Tuscan-style columns. The smaller second block was built c. 1870. The Valentine house built about 1810 was originally owned by Garret and Rachel Smith. Their daughter Maria married Jacob Valentine. Their son Garret Valentine was the local tax collector. He would bury the . . . — Map (db m27054) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), New Milford — Demarest-Bloomer House |
| | Built about 1840 in the Greek Revival Style of architecture by John C. Demarest. He was a farmer with an interest in river trade when schooners plied the Hackensack River. The house was purchased in 1864 by George Bloomer, a dealer in coal and lumber, and his family owned it until 1928. This locality was known at different times as Demarest’s Landing, Bloomer’s Landing, and Old Bridge. Sponsored by F. Bruce and Doris Hart. 1986.
In National Register of Historic Places. — Map (db m7226) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), New Milford — French Burying Ground |
| | French Burying Ground First used 1677 Placed by David Demarest Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1955 — Map (db m7235) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), New Milford — 90 — Jacobus Demarest Homestead |
| | The earliest part of this house, one of the oldest in the county, was built on land purchased in 1677 by David Demarest, Sr., founder of the Huguenot Colony in Bergen County. His grandson Jacobus, born 1681, lived here until his death in 1763. Jacobus’ son John completed the house in 1765. It remained in the family until 1850. An architectural feature surviving from its early days is its unbroken gambrel roof. Sponsored by New Milford Woman’s Club, 1976. — Map (db m7220) |
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