Schuyler Colfax House

This house, which is Wayne’s oldest, was built in 1695 by Ardent Schuyler, one of the leaders of the original settlement. William Colfax, who married Hester Schuyler in 1783, gave the house the Colfax name.

Marker is on Hamburg Turnpike (U.S. ...

Schuyler – Colfax

This house is an example of 18th century architecture. The Schuyler and Colfax families were prominent in shaping New Jersey history.

Marker is on Hamburg Turnpike (U.S. 202), on the right when traveling east.

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Schuyler Colfax

1865

Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives, was asked by President Abraham Lincoln on April 14 to take a message to the miners of the west, that their prosperity is the prosperity of the Nation. These may have been ...