Blackledge-Kearney

	Blackledge-Kearney House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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Location	Alpine Landing, Alpine, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°56′49″N 73°55′29″W / 40.94694°N 73.92472°WCoordinates: 40°56′49″N 73°55′29″W / 40.94694°N 73.92472°W
Area	423.7 acres (171.5 ha)
Built	1750
MPS	Stone Houses of Bergen County TR
NRHP reference No.	84002537
NJRHP No.	431
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 24, 1984
Designated NJRHP	October 3, 1980

Blackledge-Kearney House, also known as Cornwallis' Headquarters, is located within the Palisades Interstate Park in Alpine, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The original, southern portion of the house was probably built in the 1760s, and the northern addition built around 1840. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 24, 1984. Lord Cornwallis was believed to have used the house as a temporary headquarters during his crossing of the Hudson River in 1776, but modern historians dispute this claim.^[3]

History[]

The house was built at Closter Landing in the 1760s. Maria Blackledge, the daughter of Benjamin Blackledge lived in the house with her husband Daniel Van Sciver. The house was purchased in 1817 by James and Rachel Kearney. James died in 1831 and Rachel used the house as a tavern. The house was expanded to accommodate the tavern. In 1907 the house was purchased by the Palisades Interstate Park. The house was used as a police station for the park in the 1920s.^[4]

The park now uses the house as a museum known as Kearney House.

References[]

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Bergen County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2008. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
^ "On His Lordship's Mysterious Ascent". NJ Palisades. Archived from the original on November 4, 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
^ "Kearney House". NJ Palisades. Archived from the original on July 7, 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2010.

External links[]

Media related to Cornwallis Headquarters (Alpine, New Jersey) at Wikimedia Commons

Kearney House – official site

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[NJRHP-2] "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Bergen County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2008. Retrieved July 15, 2010.

[3] "On His Lordship's Mysterious Ascent". NJ Palisades. Archived from the original on November 4, 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2010.

[4] "Kearney House". NJ Palisades. Archived from the original on July 7, 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2010.

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