Zabriskie Tenant House
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Zabriskie Tenant House | |
 The Zabriskie Tenant House in summer 2011 | |
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| Location | 273 Dunkerhook Road, Paramus, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°56′53″N 74°5′50″W / 40.94806°N 74.09722°W |
| Area | 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) |
| Demolished | July 13, 2012 |
| MPS | Stone Houses of Bergen County TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 84002602[1] |
| NJRHP No. | 623[2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | July 24, 1984 |
| Designated NJRHP | October 3, 1980 |
The Zabriskie Tenant House was a historic house of the American colonial architecture style called Dutch Colonial on Dunkerhook Road in Paramus, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, adjacent to the Saddle River County Park. The Zabriskie family, who farmed much of the area to the east of the Saddle River (Passaic River), built the home to house their domestic workers. It was one of the few structures left in New Jersey directly related to free African American communities in the state, and was a remnant of an African American Dunkerhook community that (until the early 20th century) included several homes and an A.M.E. Church.[3] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 24, 1984, as part of the Early Stone Houses of Bergen County Multiple Property Submission (MPS), for its significance in exploration/settlement and architecture.[4]
