The Steuben House at New Bridge Landing

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dc.creatorBeards, Daniel E.
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-18T15:44:27Z
dc.date.available2026-05-18T15:44:27Z
dc.date.issued2014-05-13
dc.descriptionIn 1752, Jan Zabriskie built the oldest part of the Steuben House. Its walls were built with blocks of sandstone. The Zabriskie family grew wealthy from increased trade brought on by the French and Indian War (1756�1763) and doubled the size of their dwelling about 1765, increasing it from five to twelve rooms, warmed by seven fireplaces, and covering it with a fashionable gambrel roof. The house was occupied as a military headquarters during much of the American Revolutionary War. General Washington headquartered here in September 1780 for 16 days when the Continental Army encamped on the Kinderkamack Ridge. Confiscated from Loyalist Jan Zabriskie in 1781, the State of New Jersey presented use of the dwelling, gristmill and about 40 acres to Major-General Baron von Steuben, Inspector-General of the Continental Army, on December 23, 1783.
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dc.subjectThe Zabriskie House
dc.subjectMajor General Baron von Steuben
dc.subjectNew Bridge Landing
dc.subjectHackensack
dc.subjectAmerican Revolution
dc.subjectAmerican History
dc.subjectU.S. National Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectU.S. Historic district
dc.subjectNew Jersey Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectBergen County
dc.subjectGateway
dc.subjectThe Gateway Region
dc.subjectNew Jersey
dc.subjectNJ
dc.subjectJersey
dc.subjectThe Garden State
dc.titleThe Steuben House at New Bridge Landing

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