Whether to save the Zabriskie Schedler house on Ridgewood's Schedler Park property and what would be its best use are very current topics in preservation in the Ridgewood area. The Bergen County Historical Society has expressed an interest in using the house for its library and archives and has used donations to get a "Condition Assessment" from HMR Architects, a preservation architectural firm from Princeton. The "Condition Assessment" provides the detailed basis for making immediate repairs and determining intermediate and long-term action with regard to the house. In addition, Ridgewood's Historic Preservation Commission has sent an application for a Certificate of Eligibility for the NJ Register to the State Historic Preservation Office. Eligibility for the Register would in turn make the house eligible for grants.
Both reports are posted here so that they are available to everyone interested in the future of this historic house.
Zabriskie-Schedler House, Ridgewood, New Jersey: Condition Assessment. 11/5/2013
Zabriskie-Schedler House, Ridgewood, New Jersey: Application for Certificate of Eligibility for the New Jersey Register of Historic Places
