Built by Jacobus Rutan, a farmer, on 32 acres of land about 1794-95. In 1800 his widow and son sold the house to Cornelius H. Zabriskie, a blacksmith and farmer. In 1856 he deeded the house to his grandson, Cornelius Zabriskie Terhune, also a farmer. The property was sold in 1869 to Rebecca S. Bidwell, wife of John A. Bidwell who farmed the land. They remodeled the house, including a new roof in the French mansard style, popular at the time.

Sponsored by Robert H. and Ann H. Oppenheimer, 1996

In State and National Registers of Historic Places

Marker is on Paramus Road, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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