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| | |  | | | The Campbell-Christie House is located on 7 acres of Bergen County Historical Society land at HNBL. BCHS operates the historic house museum and provides all programing at the site. Other activities include placement of roadside historical markers, educational events, museum exhibits, monthly lectures, and library collection. We are not a government agency and presently receive no regular or significant public funding, we rely on private donations, membership and volunteer efforts. We are open for special events.
BCHS featured in Non-Profit Article in the Record - 11-16-09 | | | | Scroll down to read more about
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History Café • Valentine’s Day at Historic New Bridge Landing
Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 1:00-4:00 pm
BCHS presents Brenda Miller, an expert at
Scherenschnitte, the art of papercutting with scissors. Limited to 30 people, first come, first serve. contactBCHS@bergencountyhistory or call
201-679-5182. Suggested donation: $30 – 14 years old & up. Participants will create a framed, matted work of Scherenschnitte, all materials supplied, takes place in the Steuben House. Campbell-Christie & Demarest Houses Open, Cooking in Outkitchen. Pie and Cider in Campbell-Christie House: $5 donation.
The Historical Society will display an 1838 Valentine with an elaborate cut-paper border, inscribed with a poem, which includes a marriage proposal to Henry Bertholf, Sr., of Amos St., New York, from a secret admirer in Bergen, NJ. | | | | I hope dear sir
It ain't too late 1838 Valentine from BCHS collections | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | Join me in thanking our friends at Bloomingdale's for the 2009 grant of $1,250. Michael Gould, Chairman and CEO, Mark Cechini, General Manager in BC, Jessica Lascar, Public Relation Director and Anne Keating, Senior VP Public Relations, made this possible! Bill Farrelly and Kevin Wright at BCHS facilitated the application, we just learned of the award. | |
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| | |  | | | The new entrance sign to Historic New Bridge Landing is now up. The three signs were made possible by a state appropriation secured by the HNBLPC. Photo taken 10-22-09. | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | |  | | | Progress photo of the former autoparts yard, taken 08-07-09. Looking northeast toward the Campbell-Christie House, The autoparts yard forms the western boundary of Historic New Bridge Landing park. Location of the future HNBL visitor center. We are looking forward the completion of the remediation. The DEP projects the site will be clean in December but the fence will only come down in Spring 2010. | | | | | | | | | | |
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BCHS Facebook Page
Continuing our outreach program to reach more people and increase awareness of the Society's various resources, activities and events, we have recently created a page on Facebook. In the few weeks that it has been up it has already started to attract fans from up and down the East Coast. The purpose of the page is to present the information on the Society website through a different channel. | | |
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|  | | | | We have begun a fundraising drive to raise money to meet the challenge to preserving Bergen County's rich history. We seek the support of caring and interested persons and public-spirited businesses. We are kicking off a coin drive by the school children of New Jersey October 2008. We hope to raise the funds to build a safe museum environment where we can professionally conserve, research and exhibit the Bergen County Historical Society's collection. You can start now...find out how! Watch the video now. | | | | | | | | | |
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Map and history of HNBL, BCHS collections . 504k file size pdf. | | | |  | | | 8-1/2 x 14" Legal Size | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | |  | | The Bergen Dutch were an agricultural community who settled and farmed the valleys of the Hackensack, Saddle and Passaic Rivers, beginning in 1640. The Campbell-Christie and Demarest Houses display a small part of the BCHS collections (objects made or used in Bergen County from 1680 to 1860) which span folk art, ladderback chairs, Hackensack cupboards, kasten (Dutch cupboards), redware pottery, coverlets, quilts and spoonboards. Shown here: Bejeweled enamel button from BCHS collections | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | The BCHS message board is an online forum for queries, discussions, and alerts about Bergen County history. Enter your event or look for an activity in the Calendar. List your BC history-related website in History Links. Anyone can browse the forums, but you must register to post messages. Registrants may also receive periodic e-newsletters.
Please join us. The more participants, the better! To contact BCHS, email us to below address.
contact@bergencountyhistory.org | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | |
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| The Bergen County Historical Society (BCHS), a 501(c)(3) non-profit volunteer organization, promotes preservation, study and appreciation of local history. Beginning in 1939, our museum collections were displayed at the Steuben House, a State Historic Site. The house is now open for special events. Most of the 4,000 items in the collection are in storage. The Campbell-Christie House is located on Bergen County Historical Society land. BCHS operates the historic house museum and provides programing. Other activities include placement of informative roadside historic markers, educational events, museum exhibits, monthly lectures, and a library collection. We are not a government agency and presently receive no regular or significant public funding, we rely on private donations and membership. For a more complete description of BCHS.
Are you a member? Here's how to join. Or scroll down to learn more. BCHS Board 2009-2010. We now offer to members 3 library queries per year, see Research Request. | | | | | | | | |
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| New Bridge was a prosperous mill hamlet, centered upon a bridge strategically placed at the narrows of the Hackensack River, Bergen County, New Jersey.
The Steuben House, Campbell-Christie House and Demarest House are landmarks of Bergen Dutch sandstone architecture, popularly called "Dutch Colonial" and frequently seen and admired throughout northern NJ. The Steuben House stands on its original site. The Steuben House is open for special events.
Visit the HNBL Park Commission's website.
HNBLPC is an example of public/private stewardship and continues the protection of this NJ cultural landmark/resource. BCHS is proud to be a member and lead force for preservation. | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | |  | | | Crossing at New Bridge, Washington saved his army from its certain defeat in November 1776, inspiring Thomas Paines' American Crisis. New Bridge was a strategic river crossing throughout the American Revolution. Its homes served as military headquarters. Deadly skirmishes echoed about its walls, earthworks were thrown upon its hills, and consuming armies camped upon its fields. Soldiers passed this gateway so often that the Steuben House is said to have seen more of the Revolution than any other house in America. | | | | | | |
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| |  | | | | | | | The Society's Library collection comprises family genealogy, diaries, and manuscripts; church, cemetery, and bible records; books, clippings, and on local and county history, the Revolutionary War, and historic architecture; postcards, photos, videos, atlases, and maps. They are located at Felican College (Lodi campus library) and available regularly once a week. Click here for a more complete description of collections and directions. No microfilm census records.
Open Wednesdays, 11:30 am to 5:00 pm (Staffed by BCHS volunteers). Closed for month of August.
We have a new research policy, please see the library webpage for more info.
Research articles of interest - Please remember to obey US copyright laws. The articles have been previously published in BCHS newsletters. | | | |  | | | | | | | | | BCHS Newsletter – Spring/Summer 2009
1.1 mg (pdf) | | | BCHS Newsletter – Early Winter 2008
1.1 mg (pdf) BCHS Newsletter – Spring 2008 (pdf) HNBL Train Stop, Outhouse History, Bergen Trolley, A Century Ago, Colonial-era Broadside BCHS Newsletter – Winter 2006-2007 (pdf) Modern Steuben House history, Haworth House, Marginalia From Ancient Almanacs, Zabriskie Mystery, Franklin Lakes’ Contribution to The Battle of the Atlantic BCHS Newsletter - Winter 2006 (pdf)
Article on Tenafly, Frank A. Morrison Indian Artifact Collection and a Century Ago BCHS Newsletter - Spring 2005 (pdf)
articles on Rev War Massacre at the Steuben House, 1780 events at New Bridge, Hackensack Raid in 1780 and a Century Ago BCHS Newsletter - Fall 2004 (pdf)
articles on Indian Castle at New Bridge, Nike Base NY & Dear Friends by Ruth Paci and a Century Ago | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Website created and maintained by Deborah Powell, contact: contactBCHS@bergencountyhistory.org
I will forward questions to be answered by all-volunteer organization. This site updated 02/03/10
Albert Dib created and maintains the BCHS message board.
Painting of site by L.Feigel. Painting of Retreat by B.Spencer Newman. All photos by D. Powell unless otherwise noted. Website created in 1996. Bergen County Historical Society
P.O. Box 55, River Edge, New Jersey 07661 • www.bergencountyhistory.org
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