Abram Ackerman House

{{short description|Historic house in New Jersey, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Abram Ackerman House

| nrhp_type =

| image = SaddleRiverNJ AbramAckermanHouse.jpg

| caption = Abram Ackerman House in 2018

| location = 199 East Saddle River Road, Saddle River, New Jersey

| coordinates = {{coord|41|2|11|N|74|5|59|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = USA New Jersey Bergen County#New Jersey#USA

| built = 1781

| builder = Abram Ackerman

| architecture =

| added = January 10, 1983

| area = {{convert|4.2|acre}}

| mpsub = {{Unbulleted list|{{NRHP url|id=64000499|title=Stone Houses of Bergen County TR}}|{{NRHP url|id=64000497|title=Saddle River MRA}}}}

| refnum = 83001447{{NRISref|2009a|refnum=83001447}}

| designated_other1_name = New Jersey Register of Historic Places

| designated_other1_abbr = NJRHP

| designated_other1_link = New Jersey Register of Historic Places

| designated_other1_date = October 3, 1980

| designated_other1_number = 674{{cite web |title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Bergen County |url=https://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/BERGEN.pdf#page=23 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office |page=23 |date=December 28, 2023 }}

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| designated_other1_color = #ffc94b

}}

The Abram Ackerman House is a historic stone house located at 199 East Saddle River Road in the borough of Saddle River in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. Built in 1781, it was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1936.{{cite web |title=Abram Ackerman House |url=https://loc.gov/pictures/item/nj0273/ |date=1936 |publisher=Historic American Buildings Survey}} The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 10, 1983, for its significance in architecture and exploration/settlement.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=83001447}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Abram Ackerman House |publisher=National Park Service|author= |date= }} With accompanying photo It was listed as part of the Early Stone Houses of Bergen County Multiple Property Submission (MPS){{cite web |title=Early Stone Houses of Bergen County |url={{NRHP url|id=64000499|title=}} |publisher=National Park Service |first1=David J. |last1=Hoglund |first2=Herbert J. |last2=Githens |date=July 1979}} and the Saddle River MPS.{{cite web |title=Saddle River |url={{NRHP url|id=64000497|title=}} |publisher=National Park Service |first1=T. Robins |last1=Brown |date=August 1985}}

Town folklore states that General George Washington slept overnight in this house during the American Revolutionary War, however HABS data reports this as unlikely.

File:Historic American Buildings Survey R. Merritt Lacey, Photographer April 8, 1936 EXTERIOR - SOUTH AND EAST ELEVATIONS - Abram Ackerman House, 199 East Saddle River Road, Saddle River HABS NJ,2-SADR,1-1.tif