Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Siat\£ '' T«v,r,*«r (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WeW Jersey COUNTY: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTO RIC PLACES Passaic INVENTORY - NOMINATIOIhi FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY H UMBER DATE (Type all entries — complete applic,able sections) ^j//)i]2 ^iJ. /V-j / / /^L/J^/- -J lllll:l§sll;|||lilsl|||l||||lll COMMON: The T)ey Mgngion AND/ OR HISTORIC: General George Washington's Headquarters, July, Oct. ancyfcs^fTT^x ill illllllllliililllll!i!:::*^ STREET AND NUMBER: /• x --' P r p n\ / r 0 "'• """\ /r'V rdCLlvLL) \-A 199 Totowa Rosd CITY OR TOWN: Wayne \ ~\ 1 1 A T i o, M A i r~~~i STATE CODE COUNTY: \^\ NATION^.- ^/ CODE New Jersey 3k Passaic vX ^ /^/ 0^1 {:p|;;<lkM|!&^fc-ifi-^'^-^^-'-'i^ifi-ie'tiCT :•'.-. ::-': : ';::; : :-'::: :.'v:;::::. CATEGORY Qw, «/> 4FRSHIP s^X5E-^CCESSIBLE (Check One) ^ ERSHIP STATOS TO THE PUBLIC Z Q District £5 Building 3 PuWic Pu blic Acquisition: Q Occupied Yes: O Q Site Q Structure D Private D In Process £, Unoccupied 3 Restricted 0 Object D Both D Being Considered p Prescrvation work D Unr.stricted K in progress ' — ' U PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) =5 l~) Agricultural O Government E r* ar '< [~) Transportation E Comments ce (~~1 Commercial D Industrial [~~) Private Residence I 1 Other f"Soec//v) H [g Educational D Military Q R eligious [~1 Entertainment £0 Museum [~~| S cientific ^ OWNER'S NAME: (A 21 H 0 > The Passaic County Park Commission, Lambert Castle ? H LLJ STREET AND NUMBER: "* !? LU Valley Road 1 ts> CITY OR TOWN: STATE: CODE a Pater son New Jersey 3U § PI COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS. ETC: Passaic Register of Deeds - Passaic County Court House COUNTY: STREET AND NUMBER: Hamilton St. Cl TY OR TOWN: STATE CODE Pater son New Jersey 3U 1 'm^m^^mlm^W^Mmm ^MWfflSfciii^iiiiMi^iMita "^ TITLE OF SURVEY: ENTR Historic American Buildings Survey, N.J. 1? Tl DATE OF SURVEY: 1936 ~\ JT] Federal Q State [~] County (~~1 Local 0 Z TO DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: C ^ 2 ID Library of Congress m 3 ! STREET AND NUMBER: O £] CITY OR TOWN: STATE: CODE Washington District of Columbia 08 oJ 7. Description (Check One) 1 K1 Excellent D Good D Fair Q Deteriorated r~j Ruins Q Unexposed CONDITION (Check One) (Check One) GQ Altered O Unaltered O Moved jp Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL, (if known) PHYSICAL. APPEARANCE The Bey Mansion was the residence of Colonel Theunis and Hester Schuyler Pey. The house isu^rgian^ in style built from local material: (stone and wood), the bricks were burned nearby. This eight room manor house was completed about 17itf>. The front facade is of pink brick with brownstone qaoinsjand decorations. There are quotas at the front corners of^KeTiduse. IJresseT^tonewoTralso creates a decorative effect around the windows and doors across the front of the house. Similar stonework accentuates the first, second and third floor lines. The Interior area between the stonework is laid up in a Flemish bond pattern of pink brick. The sides and rear of the house are dressed stone to the third floor line and then brick above. The mansion is five bays wide with each of the windows containing sash-type frames with sixteen over sixteen lights. The exterior is fifty- two feet long and thirty-five feet deep. -The door is centrally located in m uh?, frD2^ °f the house * Tt contains nine panels and opens into a central hall. There is a five light transom above the door. rn The second floor has a wide hallway with an enclosed staircase. There is a hall window that contains three separate sash-type windows. The central sash is nine over nine with each of the other sashes being three over three. In addition to the two stories, it has a story and a half attic. n The roof is of gambrel construction with a low pitched upper section the lower section is steep with a slight flair at the eave. The cornice is dentated. ______ 8.Statement of Significance PERIOD f Check One or Afore as Appropriate) Q Pre-Cotwnbion | , - Q 16tb Century Qg I8th Century 20th Century n T5th Century D 17th Century Q 19th Century AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More aa Appropriate) Abor iginal Q Education Q Political [ |; Urban Planning I~] Prehistoric Q Engineering Q Re ligion/Pb«- ^ Other (Specify) [ | Historic [3 Industry losophy History [~1 Agriculture D Invention Q Science PQ Architecture O Landscape Q Sculpture D Art Architecture Q Sociol/Human- [~1 Commerce D Literature itarjon f~) Communications £5 Military Q Theater f~l Conservation [~l Music (~| Transportation STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Dey Mansion was the Military Headquarters of Qeaeral Beprge Washington Suring July, October and November of 1780. He arrived here Jul^nst, 1780 from Horristowi with approximately four thousand soldiers and placed them alongjbhe Passaic River and the Singac Brook that ran along the outer border of the six nundred acre property. It was chosen as a military post as it is in the Preakness Valley with mountains around it, close to the British in the Harlem area, but protected. The storming of the block house was started here. Its owner Theunis Dey was a Colonel of the Bergen County Militia. Architecturally it is an interesting example of Georgian architecture with Dutch influence. It is very different from the story and a half farmhouses of one room deep that were most prevelant in this area. The gardens were laid out by Olmstead Brothers of Brookline, Mass. An orchard of old varieties of apples is in progress as well as a barnyard with barn, smokehouse, springhouse and tool shed with foi«ge. * /:y RECEIVED ":? uc 7 1370 l :- :\ NAT10NA- See separate sheet for listing* LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES LATITUDE LONGITUDE LATITUDE LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds NW o f • NE UO 5U $6 00 SE APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: t/» LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE: CODE COUNTY CODE rn m COUNTY: z </» H 50 NAME ANO Tl TLE: C n ORGAN! ZATION H Pasaaic County Park July 1970 STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: </» Wayne Hew Jersey As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na­ tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law I hereby certify that this property is included in the 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion National Register. /— ,. in the National Register and certify that it has been ff' evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended (i^— ——^KM/IA y s if <^< v Chiel, Office of Archeology and Historic level of significance of this nomination is: National [Xj State Q Local Q OFP 1 - Date ATTEST: Title Coramisaioner. Department of Environmental Protection Keeper of The/National Register flOV 9C vnft Pate September 11. 1970 Date ___________^ c KJ/lf Form 10-300a STATE (July 1969) New Jersey NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES COUNTY Passaic INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NFS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER (Continuation Sheet) oo 11 (Number all entries) Dey Mansion 199 Totowa Rd. Wayne, N.J. 3U 8. The two chimneys are situated in the middle of the gambrel and halfway along the central wall of the house. They are square and each contains four separate flues. The eight fireplaces, most of the interior woodwork the hardware and the flooring is original. The interior has been restored. 7 i9/0 Form 10-300o OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) SERVICE New Jersey NATjgNAt rtS®IST^| OF HISTORIC PLACES COUNTY Passaic NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY Dey MansMaV rxu ENTRY NUMBER vX.. tion Sheet) er all entries References: x - TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA 1780, 1781, 1782. Vol. 1 and 2 Marquis De Chastellux. Revised by Howard C. Rice, Jr. University of North Carolina Press. 1963. 2. HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY. National Park Service. Supplement, January 1959* 3. Pre akne s s and the Preakness Reformed Church. 1695-1902 k* HISTORY OF PATBRSQN AND THE COUNTY OF PASSAIG. William 5. FIVE COLONIAL FAMILIES- HISTORY OF THE TREMAN, MACK. DEY BOARD AND AYLES, Press of Ithaca, Democrat. 1901. 6« PREREVOLUTIONARY DUTCH HOUSES AND FAMILIES. Rosalie 7. UNDER THE SIGN OF THE EAGLE. William E. Berce. Wayne Township Historical Commission for New Jersey Tercen­ tenary. 196i|. 8. BELCHER FAMILY IN AMERICA AND ENGLAND. 191+1. Detroit, Michigan. 9- THE FORGOTTEN GENERAL-ROBERT ERSKINE. Albert H. Heusser. Benjamin Franklin Press, Paterson, N.J. 1928. 10. EARLY DUTCH AND SWEDISH SETTLERS OF N.J. Adi«an C. Leiby.- D. Van No strand Co., Inc., Prince ton^ ft. J. 1]L « PETER 'ANTHONY DEY. Jack T. Johnson. State Historical Society of"Towa. Iowa City. 1939* 12. FIRST REFORMED CHURCH OF POMPTON PLAINS. Eugene H. Keator. Lont and Overkamp. 13. NEW JERSEY AS A COLONY AND STATE. Francis Bazley Lee.Vol II The Publishing Society of New Jersey. *&• REVOLUTIONARY WAR IN THE EACKENSAGK VALLEY. Adrian Leiby. Rutgers University Press. 1962. 15. History of Bergen County.W.W. Clayton.& Wm.Nelson.Lippicott&Co ,. Phila 1883. 16.Footsteps of Washington. Albert H. Heuser. Publ. Paterson, N.J..