Demarest House | |
Location | Main Street, River Edge, New Jersey |
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Coordinates | 40°54′47″N74°1′54″W / 40.91306°N 74.03167°W Coordinates: 40°54′47″N74°1′54″W / 40.91306°N 74.03167°W |
Area | 3.9 acres (1.6 ha) |
Architect | Demarest |
Part of | Steuben Estate Complex (ID80004403) |
MPS | Early Stone Houses of Bergen County [1] |
NRHP reference No. | 83001492 [2] |
NJRHP No. | 654 [3] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | January 10, 1983 |
Designated CP | December 9, 1980 |
Designated NJRHP | October 3, 1980 |
Demarest House is located in River Edge, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 10, 1983, as part of the Early Stone Houses of Bergen County Multiple Property Submission (MPS). [4]
The Demarest House Museum is a two-room sandstone cottage that was built in 1794 for miller John Paulson at the time of his marriage to Altie Ely. The stove chimney in east room is a technological advance over fireplaces. The house was moved from original site beside French Burial Ground in New Milford in 1955–56 to River Edge, New Jersey, about one mile southwest. It is owned by the Blauvelt-Demarest Foundation, which restored the house in 2009.
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The table below includes sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Bergen County, New Jersey except those in Closter, Franklin Lakes, Ridgewood, Saddle River and Wyckoff, which are listed separately. Latitude and longitude coordinates of the sites listed on this page may be displayed in a map or exported in several formats by clicking on one of the links in the box below the map of New Jersey to the right.
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Demarest station is located in Demarest, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The station's depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 7, 2004.
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Daniel Demarest House is located in Dumont, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The house was built in 1724 and is part of the Stone Houses of Bergen County TR. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 9, 1983.
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The Van Voorhees-Quackenbush House, known colloquially as the Zabriskie House, is located in the township of Wyckoff, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The original stone house was built c. 1740 by William Van Voorhees and enlarged in 1824 by Albert Van Voorhees. The original section of the house is now the dining room and part of the kitchen. The home was purchased in 1867 by Uriah Quackenbush. His granddaughter Grace Quackenbush Zabriskie bequeathed the home to the Town of Wyckoff in 1973. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 10, 1983.
Hopper-Goetschius House is located in Upper Saddle River, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 10, 1983. The house was built in 1739 by Abraham Hopper and sold to Rev. Stephen Goetschius in 1814. It remained in the Goetschius until 1985 when the house was given to the borough of Upper Saddle River. The Upper Saddle River Historical Society now uses the house as a museum.
Debaun-Demarest House is located in River Edge, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 10, 1983.
The Peter Huyler House is located on what is known as the Captain John Huyler Homestead at 50 County Road between Palisades Avenue and Crest Drive North in Cresskill, Bergen County, New Jersey. In 1776, the property was part of a 180-acre (73 ha) farm which belonged to Loyalist John Ackerson or Eckerson. It was confiscated in 1779 because of Ackerson's loyalty to the British, and sold in 1784 to Captain John Huyler of the local militia. Huyler's son Peter built the main wing of the current house in 1836, according to the date stone over the door, with what was described by the Bergen County Stone House Survey as "some of the finest stonework in Bergen County". The outbuilding was most probably a summer kitchen, with quarters for slaves.
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