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"Historic
Hybrid"
HARING HOUSE OFFERS GLIMPSE OF TIME GONE BY
Published on February 27, 1994, The Record (New Jersey)
Article ID:
1546223
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Among the house's notable
features: a staircase to nowhere...a round wall...a hidden fireplace,
which the current owners uncovered...a mysterious door that doesn't open.
It's the Abraham D. Haring House in Rockleigh, the oldest house in a very
unusual borough. Rockleigh is an upscale community in northeast Bergen,
just west of Alpine, where the minimum property size is two acres and
where much of the area has been declared a national historic district. It
seceded from...
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© 1994 Bergen Record Corp.
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"Clash
with History"
ROCKLEIGH MANICAL ABOUT PRESERVATION
Published on June 3, 1994, The Record (New Jersey)
Article ID:
1646020
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| Walking through the small
wooded borough inspires the nostalgic feeling of a day in the country. A
stone bridge spans a rushing brook. Several homes are flanked by wooden
barns or open fields. In mid-afternoon, a rooster's crow stirs the quiet
town center. But that feeling of country life in Rockleigh is no accident.
For decades, town officials and many residents in this exclusive community
of 260 have made preservation of the borough's historical atmosphere a
priority. They... |
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© 1994 Bergen Record Corp.
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