Campbell
Christie
House
Owner:
County
of
Bergen
Trust
Fund
Award:
$32,650.00
Project
Location:
River
Edge
The
Campbell
Christie
House
is
a
fine
example
of
a
late
eighteenth
century
Dutch
brownstone
colonial
house
located
within
the
New
Bridge
Landing
museum
complex.
It
was
originally
built
in
New
Milford
in
1774
and
was
moved
to
its
present
site
in
1977
in
an
effort
to
save
the
property
from
demolition.
The
building
is
listed
in
both
the
New
Jersey
and
National
Registers
of
Historic
Places
as
part
of
the
thematic
listing
for
Early
Stone
Houses
in
Bergen
County.
The
property
is
owned
by
the
County
of
Bergen
and
operated
by
the
Bergen
County
Historical
society
as
a
tavern
museum,
interpreted
to
the
early
nineteenth
century.
As
part
of
this
interpretation,
it
is
the
intention
of
the
County
and
the
Historical
Society
to
reconstruct
the
frame
kitchen
wing,
which
was
removed
when
the
building
was
moved.
This
wing
contained
the
cooking
fireplace
and
as
such,
it
is
the
intention
of
the
project
to
have
the
fireplace
reconstructed
as
that
it
may
operate
for
open
hearth
cooking.
Trust
Fund
funding
was
provided
for
historic
architectural
and
historic
preservation
services.
