I've lived in New Jersey for more than 40 years, but I'll never be a real New Jersey girl. I grew up in Pennsylvania where there was lots of snow, one traffic light in town, and 90 kids in my grade--from kindergarten through graduation. I didn't know anything about The Shore, or baked ziti, or Chanukah until I came to Jersey. But, I've come to love all of that and much more--especially the history. I now know about the Jersey Dutch, strawberry baskets, railroad suburbs, the bridge that saved a nation, and so much more. I've learned that to tell the local stories about regular people I need to read wills, estate files, census records, pension applications, letters, tombstones, newspapers, and anything else I can find. So, that's some of what I want to share with you!

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Vanderbeck house on Ten Most Endangered Historic Places in NJ


Last month the Jacob Vanderbeck, Jr. house in Fair Lawn was named one of the Ten Most Endangered Historic Places by Preservation New Jersey.  It's sobering to look at the entire list.  There's also a Record article about the listing.

Fair Lawn has some great preservation advocates.  The property is being considered for the site of an assisted living facility and is also a residential developer's dream--large, sub-dividable property with views across the Saddle River into the park.
Just as with the Zabriskie Tenant House on Dunkerhook Road, there could be a win-win development that keeps the home in the private residential market and still provides space for new residential development.  Will there be a creative buyer?
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