REVOLUTIONARY WAR SITES IN CRESSKILL, NEW JERSEY

Site of Captain John Huyler's Farm
County Rd. and Linwood Ave.
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A plaque at the house explains the Revolutionary War significance:
"Captain John Huyler's Farm - In 1776, a 180 acre farm here was owned by John Ackerson. It extended from the Tenakill to the Hudson, bordered on the north by the road used by British invaders that year. Seized as enemy property, it was bought in 1784 by Militia Captain John Huyler." [1]

Huyler's Landing Road
East Madison Ave. and County Rd.
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A historic marker at the corner explains:
"Huyler's Landing Road - In colonial times a crude road led from here to a landing at the Hudson River. According to the reports and maps of Generals Erskine and Wayne this road was used by Cornwallis in attacking Fort Lee on November 20, 1776. On May 10, 1779 it was used by Tories in a devastating raid on homes in this valley." [2]

Benjamin P. Westervelt House
County Rd. and Westervelt Pl.
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Although this house was built 25 years after the Revolutionary War, it does have Revolutionary War significance, because it was built by Benjamin P. Westervelt, who served in the local militia during the Revolutionary War. [3]