Campbell-Christie House

The Campbell-Christie House is a historic home that has been relocated to New Bridge Landing in River Edge, New Jersey.

Jacob Campbell, a mason, erected the oldest half of the gambrel, center-hall sandstone dwelling at the busy intersection of River Road and Henley Avenue, New Milford, in 1774 in what was then Hackensack Township on the east side of the Hackensack River.

It was probably enlarged to its present dimensions just after the American Revolutionary War, circa 1783, since the wooden trapezoidal lintels, painted to look like sandstone, are indicative of that time. John Christie, a blacksmith, purchased this house in 1795 and continued its operation as a tavern. The paneled reveals and Dutch stoop at front entrance, together with the fireplace mantles date to around 1835, when a frame kitchen wing was added. Subordinate lateral wings, generally built of contrasting material to the main block of the dwelling, are a hallmark of Bergen Dutch architecture. (The kitchen wing and lateral wings do not survive.)

Threatened with destruction, the house was moved in its entirety in 1977 from New Milford to River Edge, onto land owned by the Bergen County Historical Society, a non-profit volunteer organization. The Bergen County Historical Society opens the house to the public for events throughout the year. The house is owned by the Bergen County Office of Cultural and Historic Affairs, a government office.

External links

* [http://www.bergencountyhistory.org/Pages/cchousehistory.html Campbell-Christie House history]