Demarest House (River Edge, New Jersey)

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Demarest House
Demarest House Museum c.1794.jpg
Demarest House Museum in 2020
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LocationMain Street, River Edge, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°54′47″N74°1′54″W / 40.91306°N 74.03167°W / 40.91306; -74.03167
Area3.9 acres (1.6 ha)
Part of Steuben Estate Complex (ID80004403)
MPS Early Stone Houses of Bergen County
NRHP reference No. 83001492 [1]
NJRHP No.654 [2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 10, 1983
Designated CPDecember 9, 1980
Designated NJRHPOctober 3, 1980

The Demarest House, now known as the Demarest House Museum, is located at New Bridge Landing in the borough of River Edge in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. It was documented as the Samuel des Marest House by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1936. The house was orignally thought to have been built by David des Marest (Demarest) for his son Samuel around 1679. [3] The historic stone house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 10, 1983, for its significance in architecture. [1] [4] It was listed as part of the Early Stone Houses of Bergen County Multiple Property Submission (MPS). [5]

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History

The house is a two-room sandstone cottage that was built around 1794 for miller John Paulison at the time of his marriage to Altie Ely. The stove chimney in the east room is a technological advance over fireplaces. The house was moved from its original site by the French Burial Ground in New Milford in 1955–1956 to River Edge, about one mile southwest. It is owned by the Blauvelt–Demarest Foundation, which restored the house in 2009. [6]

The Demarest House Museum, the Campbell-Christie House and the Thomas-Westervelt Barn are on the Bergen County Historical Society's property at New Bridge Landing. The Steuben House is a state-historic site on one acre at New Bridge Landing.

HABS image from 1936 Historic American Buildings Survey R. Merritt Lacey, Photographer April 23, 1936 EXTERIOR - SOUTHWEST AND NORTHEAST ELEVATIONS - Samuel des Marest House, River Road, New Milford, HABS NJ,2-NEMIL,2-1.tif
HABS image from 1936

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System – Demarest House (#83001492)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Bergen County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. December 20, 2024. p. 22.
  3. ↑ "Samuel des Marest House". Historic American Buildings Survey. 1936.
  4. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Demarest House". National Park Service. 1983.
  5. ↑ Hoglund, David J.; Githens, Herbert J. (July 1979). "Early Stone Houses of Bergen County". National Park Service.
  6. ↑ Wright, Kevin W. "Demarest House Museum – J. Paulison Homestead". Bergen County Historical Society.
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