Jacobus Demarest House (New Milford, New Jersey)

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

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

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Jacobus Demarest House

| nrhp_type =

| image = JACOBUS DESMAREST HOUSE, NEW MILFORD, BERGEN COUNTY, NJ.jpg

| caption = Jacobus Demarest House in 2015

| location = 618 River Road, New Milford, New Jersey

| coordinates = {{coord|40|56|4|N|74|1|32|W|display=inline,title}}

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

| built = 1765

| architecture = Colonial, Dutch Colonial

| added = February 17, 1978

| area =

| refnum = 78001739{{NRISref|2013a|refnum=78001739}}

| 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 = August 26, 1977

| designated_other1_number = 584{{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=16 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office |page=16 |date=December 20, 2024 |quote=listed as the Jacobus Demarest House (Demarest-Gurd-Casey House) }}

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| designated_other1_color = #ffc94b

}}

The Jacobus Demarest House, also known as the Demarest–Gurd–Casey House, is located at 618 River Road in the borough of New Milford in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The historic stone house was built by 1765. It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1936.{{cite web |title=David des Marest House |url=https://loc.gov/pictures/item/nj0253/ |date=1936 |publisher=Historic American Buildings Survey |quote={{circa|1681}} Initial Construction}} Listed as the Jacobus DesMarest House, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 17, 1978, for its significance in architecture.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=78001739}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Jacobus DesMarest House |publisher=National Park Service|first1=Terry |last1=Karschner |date=June 1977 }} With {{NRHP url|id=78001739|photos=y|title=accompanying 4 photos}}

History and description

According to the nomination form, the house has several sections. The date of construction of the oldest section remains unknown. It is a 1 and 1/2 story kitchen wing, constructed using red sandstone, expanded with red brick. It may have been built in the 1680's. Attached to the kitchen is a 1 and 1/2 story section with a gambrel roof. Jacobus Demarest may have built these two sections after his second marriage in 1720. The house was expanded by John Demarest in 1765, as documented by a datestone. It was expanded again around 1920. Jacobus Demarest (1681–1763) was the grandson of David des Marest, an early French settler in the county.{{cite book |last1=Demarest |first1=Mary Arthur |last2=Demarest |first2=William H. S. |author-link2= William Henry Steele Demarest |title=The Demarest Family: David des Marest of the French patent on the Hackensack and his descendants |date=1938 |pages=26–27 |url=https://archive.org/details/demarestfamilyda00dema/page/n11 |chapter=24 Jacobus |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/demarestfamilyda00dema/page/26/}}

File:Historic American Buildings Survey R. Merritt Lacey, Photographer April 23, 1936 EXTERIOR - SOUTHEAST ELEVATION - David des Marest House, River Road, New Milford, Bergen County, NJ HABS NJ,2-NEMIL,1-2.tif

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