Fair Lawn in Bergen County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Site of Hopper-Croucher Homestead

By Bill Coughlin, June 26, 2008

1. Site of Hopper-Croucher Homestead Marker

Inscription.
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

Erected 1991 by Bergen County Historical Society. (Marker Number 76.)

Marker series. This marker is included in the New Jersey, Bergen County Historical Society marker series.

Location. 40° 56.287′ N, 74° 7.503′ W. Marker is in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, in Bergen County. Marker is at the intersection of Fair Lawn Avenue and New Jersey Route 208, on the right when traveling south on Fair Lawn Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is located off the exit ramp of 208 West to Fairlawn Avenue South. Marker is in this post office area: Fair Lawn NJ 07410, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Radburn Station (approx. 0.2 miles away); Slave House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Holocaust and World War II Memorial

Marker on Fairlawn Avenue image. Click for full size.

By Bill Coughlin, June 26, 2008

2. Marker on Fairlawn Avenue

(approx. 0.4 miles away); Honor Roll (approx. 0.4 miles away); We Will Never Forget (approx. 0.4 miles away); Cadmus House Museum (approx. half a mile away); Jewish War Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Radburn (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fair Lawn.

Also see . . . Bergen County Historical Society. (Submitted on June 26, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey.)

Categories. • Notable Places •

Site of Hopper-Croucher Homestead image. Click for full size.

By Bill Coughlin, June 26, 2008

3. Site of Hopper-Croucher Homestead

What was once a large farmstead is now the middle of a busy intersection of a state highway and a main street.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on June 26, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,715 times since then and 35 times this year. Last updated on February 6, 2013, by Doran Howitt of Fair Lawn, New Jersey. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 26, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey.