The Architecture of
Bergen County, New Jersey: The Colonial Period to the Twentieth
Century
T. Robins Brown and
Schuyler Warmflash
Photographs by Jim DelGiudice
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"The book is really a history of the county, told through
architecture. More than 150 photographs plus
maps and figures trace the days from the stone houses of Dutch
settlers 300 years ago, to (real)
colonials to the extravagant early-20th-century Crocker-McMillin
mansion, known as Darlington in
Mahwah (the county's first national historic landmark) and on to
modern homes and buildings, including diners; this is New Jersey,
after all."--New York Times (New Jersey section)
"While the book will most likely find its way to library
shelves and schoolrooms, it would be valued by anyone with a love
of old
houses, an interest in architecture, or with a school-age child
likely to come up with a project involving the county's history.
. . . The
photographs paint a picture of the intriguing architectural
diversity of Bergen County. There are the familiar stone houses
built by
the early farmers, the churches built during the Federal period
(1775 to 1850), historic cemeteries, the picturesque homes of the
late
1800s, and the turn-of-the century mansions designed by important
local architects. . . . The book presents a fascinating look at
the
evolution of the county."--The Record of Bergen County
"A long overdue tribute to New Jersey's important
architectural legacy . . . Sweeping and intelligent treatment of
our overlooked
architectural treasures."--Robert D. Griffin, president,
Bergen County Historical Society
Walk or drive through any of Bergen County's seventy communities
and you will find telling reminders of a wonderfully rich and
diverse architectural history--the legacy of three hundred years
of settlement, growth, and change.
The Architecture of Bergen County, New Jersey presents an
accessible overview of the county's architectural heritage and
its
historic structures. The volume explores the styles, trends, and
events that influenced the design and setting of the region's
buildings. More than 150 photos document Bergen County's
architectural treasures, generating awareness and appreciation
for
these structures and their history.
The book is arranged chronologically, beginning with the arrival
of European settlers in the seventeenth century and ending in the
late twentieth century. Each chapter opens with a brief
historical background and follows with a description and analysis
of building
types common to Bergen County for the period. Some structures,
such as the Hermitage in Ho-Ho-Kus, the Vreeland House in
Leonia, and the Bergen County Courthouse in Hackensack, are of
regional, even national, significance.
The book also highlights delightful surprises. Examples include a
large number of picturesque houses that were built from the
designs published in mid-nineteenth century architectural pattern
books, the home of an early African American newspaper
publisher, and two homes in Paramus and Washington Township whose
exterior walls are made of mud.
The Architecture of Bergen County, New Jersey demonstrates the
close association between architectural development at the
national and local levels, and shows how social, technological,
and political changes occurring within the county have been
reflected in the building types and styles of the area.
This volume is a project of the Bergen County Department of
Parks, Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs, and the County
Historic
Preservation Advisory Board.
T. Robins Brown is the executive director of the Friends of the
Hermitage in Ho-Ho-Kus in Bergen County. Schuyler Warmflash is
a licensed professional engineer, architectural historian, and
preservation advocate. James DelGiudice is a photographer and
founder of the Specialized PhotoGraphic Design Company, and an
adjunct assistant professor of photography at the County
College of Morris.
Subject: Architecture/New Jersey and Mid-Atlantic Region
Cloth ISBN 0-8135-2867-4
Pages: 245 pp. 184 b&w illus.
Price: $35.00 (Excluding: Sales tax)
Description: A lavishly illustrated architectural history of Bergen County, New Jersey
A Guide to New Jersey's
Revolutionary War Trail for Families & History Buffs
Mark DiIonno
Description: The most
comprehensive guide ever compiled of Revolutionary War sites in
New Jersey
"A wonderful guide through New Jersey, the 'cockpit' of the
Revolution."-Thomas H. Kean, Former
Governor of New Jersey
"This is a book New Jersey has long needed. It opens our
eyes to the rich Revolutionary War legacy
that surrounds us."-Former Congressman Dick Zimmer
Hit the road with journalist Mark DiIonno as he takes you on a
tour of New Jersey's extraordinary Revolutionary War history.
Listing
more than 350 historic sites throughout the state, DiIonno has
compiled the most complete guide ever to the Revolutionary War in
the Garden State.
New Jersey's role in the Revolutionary War is widely overlooked.
Every school kid learns about the Boston Tea Party but not the
Greenwich tea burning; and about the miserable winter at Valley
Forge but not Jockey Hollow. Schools fund class trips to
Philadelphia's Independence Hall but not Princeton's Nassau Hall.
To find history in New Jersey, all you need is DiIonno's book as
your guide. His easy-to-read volume helps readers explore the
cities and the countryside from Bergen to Cape May County to find
out exactly what happened there during the Revolutionary War.
While previously published books center on the highlights - Fort
Lee and Washington's retreat across the state, victories at
Trenton
and Princeton, the brutal winter encampment at Jockey Hollow and
the Battle of Monmouth - DiIonno fills in the blanks.
Battlefields,
churches, homes of the famous and infamous, cemeteries, parks,
taverns, liberty poles, bridges, creeks, hills, museums,
encampment sites, lighthouses, historical societies, walking
trails, monuments, plaques-if it played a part in or commemorates
the
Revolutionary War in New Jersey, DiIonno tells you what happened
there, the personalities involved, and how to see it for
yourself.
The sites are conveniently cataloged by county, with a helpful
summary of the area's war history beginning each chapter. Each
entry lists the town and directions to each site, and where
appropriate, a complete address, telephone numbers, and hours of
operation. Both public and private sites are described, and
DiIonno advises readers of which private sites tours can be
arranged.
Mark DiIonno is an assistant managing editor at the Newark
Star-Ledger and author of New Jersey's Coastal Heritage: A Guide
(Rutgers University Press).
Subject: New Jersey/Mid-Atlantic/Recreation/Military History
Cloth ISBN 0-8135-2769-4
Paperback ISBN 0-8135-2770-8
Pages: 226 pp., 43 b&w photos
Price: $19.00 (Excluding: Sales tax)
Zion on the Hudson: Dutch New York and New Jersey in the Age of Revivals
Firth Haring Fabend
Description: A fresh look at the religious culture of New York
and New Jersey in the nineteenth century
from the perspective of the Reformed Dutch Church and its members
"Fabend relates developments in the Reformed Dutch Church
during the Second Great Awakening to
larger themes in American social history, such as ethnic
identity, the changing roles of women, and the
history of reform movements. It is serious scholarship, yet it is
written in a style that is accessible to the
general reader."-David Steven Cohen, New Jersey Historical
Commission.
"Zion on the Hudson is required reading for anyone
struggling with the questions of why "Dutchness"
persisted in New York and
New Jersey, and what eventually caused it to disappear. Making
use of a wide array of previously untapped sources, Fabend
unfolds the story of Dutch persistence in a beautifully written
style." -Charles Gehring, Director, New Netherlands Project
The Dutch came to the New World in the seventeenth century as
explorers and traders, but religion soon followed, for it was
accepted in the Netherlands that state and church were mutually
benefited by advancing the "true Christian religion."
The influence
of "Dutchness"-defined here as loyalty to what are
presumed to be the distinctive qualities of Dutch national
character and
culture-persisted in New York and New Jersey for more than 200
years after Dutch emigration ended. Why?
Firth Haring Fabend finds the explanation in the devotion of the
Reformed Dutch Church membership to the doctrines and traditions
of their church. She looks at the individual and personal beliefs
and behaviors of this often-neglected ethnic group. Thus, Zion on
the Hudson presents both a broad and an intimate look at the way
one mainstream Protestant denomination dealt with the
transformative events of the evangelical era.
As Fabend describes the efforts of the Dutch to preserve the
European standards and traditions of their church, while
developing a
taste for a new kind of theology and a preference for an American
identity, she documents how Dutchness finally became a
historical memory. The Americanization of the Reformed Dutch
Church, Fabend writes, is a microcosm of the story of the
Americanization of the United States itself.
Firth Haring Fabend is the author of A Dutch Family in the Middle
Colonies, 1660-1800 (Rutgers University Press), winner of the New
York State Historical Association Annual Book Award and the
Hendricks Prize of the New Netherland Project.
Subject: History/Religion/Regional
Cloth ISBN 0-8135-2771-6
Pages: 352 pp., 20 illus.
Price: $50.00 (Excluding: Sales tax)
March 24, 2001