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Historic house in New Jersey, United States
United States historic place
The
Blackledge?Kearney House
is located within the
Palisades Interstate Park
in the borough of
Alpine
in
Bergen County, New Jersey
, United States. The historic stone house was built around 1750 and was documented as
Cornwallis Headquarters
by the
Historic American Buildings Survey
(HABS) in 1936.
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It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
on July 24, 1984, for its significance in architecture and exploration/settlement.
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It was listed as part of the Early Stone Houses of Bergen County
Multiple Property Submission
(MPS).
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Lord Cornwallis
was believed to have used the house as a temporary headquarters during his crossing of the
Hudson River
(during the
Battle of Fort Lee
) in 1776, but modern historians dispute this claim.
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History
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The house was built at Closter Landing in the 1760s. Maria Blackledge, the daughter of
Benjamin Blackledge
lived in the house with her husband Daniel Van Sciver. The house was purchased in 1817 by James and Rachel Kearney. James died in 1831 and Rachel used the house as a tavern. The house was expanded to accommodate the tavern. In 1907 the house was purchased by the
Palisades Interstate Park Commission
. The house was used as a police station for the park in the 1920s.
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The park now uses the house as a museum known as
Kearney House
.
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