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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4FE_archibald-campbells-tavern_Hackensack-NJ.html
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 Mai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4FD_demarest-bloomer-house_River-Edge-NJ.html
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 lum…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4FC_new-bridge-inn_New-Milford-NJ.html
Built in 1739-40 by Peter P. Demarest. In 1766 he received a license from the local court to "keep a Tavern or Public House" here. The old inn witnessed many stirring events during the American Revolution.
In November 1776, Washington led his r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4FB_brinkerhoff-demarest-house_Teaneck-NJ.html
This old house was built around 1735 by Hendricks Brinkerhoff on land owned by his grandfather since the 17th century. An excellent example of early Dutch Architecture, it has been in the possession of the Brinkerhoff and Demarest descendants sinc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4FA_varick-memorial-african-methodist-episcopal-zion-church_Hackensack-NJ.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4F8_revolutionary-war-encampment-1780_Teaneck-NJ.html
Troops of the American army camped in this vicinity from August 22 to September 3, 1780, in order to forage for food and horses. The encampment extended to the north and east of Teaneck Road for about two miles. Situated near British-held New York…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4F7_jacobus-demarest-homestead_New-Milford-NJ.html
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. Jac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4F1_cap-t-john-huylers-farm_Cresskill-NJ.html
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 Captai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4F0_the-tenafly-railroad-station_Tenafly-NJ.html
Built in 1872 when George Huyler donated the land and a third of the cost. Residents and the Northern Railroad of New Jersey shared equally in the balance. Designed in High Victorian Gothic by Architect Daniel T. Atwood, the station opened in 1874…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4EZ_roelof-westervelt-house_Tenafly-NJ.html
This house is a fine example of Dutch Colonial architecture. The south wing of the house was built by Roelof Westervelt in 1745. The land had been purchased by his grandfather, in 1695, from the Lord Proprietores of East Jersey. The central sectio…