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===Historic sites=== [[File:HARMON VAN DIEN HOUSE, PARAMUS, BERGEN COUNTY, NJ.jpg|thumb|[[Harmon Van Dien House]]]] Paramus is home to the following locations on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]:<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/Bergen.pdf New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516164840/http://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/bergen.pdf |date=May 16, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]] Historic Preservation Office, updated August 17, 2017. Accessed September 24, 2017.</ref> * [[Easton Tower]] β Intersection of Red Mill Road and Paramus Road (added 2007). The tower was built in 1899 and was originally housed as a water pump that sits alongside the [[Saddle River (Passaic River)|Saddle River]]. The tower was named after businessman [[Edward D. Easton]].<ref>[http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/Facilities/Facility/Details/Easton-Tower-9 Easton Tower] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828062643/http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/Facilities/Facility/Details/Easton-Tower-9 |date=August 28, 2017 }}, [[Bergen County, New Jersey]]. Accessed September 24, 2017.</ref> * [[Midland School, Paramus, New Jersey|Midland School]] β 239 W. Midland Avenue (added 1978). The school was constructed in 1876, and was used as a branch of the Paramus Public Library after Midland School was moved.<ref>{{NRHP url|id=78001740|title=Midland School β Nomination Form}}, [[National Register of Historic Places]], received December 12, 1977. Accessed October 30, 2013.</ref> * [[Terhune House (Paramus, New Jersey)|Terhune House]] β 470 Paramus Road (added 1996). An 18th-century Dutch Colonial home constructed of sandstone, that was later modified to add Victorian features, including a mansard roof.<ref>{{NRHP url|id=82005390|title=Terhune House β Nomination Form}}, [[National Register of Historic Places]], received June 14, 1995. Accessed October 30, 2013.</ref> * [[Terhune-Gardner-Lindenmeyr House]] β 218 Paramus Road (added 1972). A Federal Period home constructed on the last remaining portion of untouched land from Terhune's farm, as taken from the original Zabriskie patent. The oldest known portion that can be reliably dated is from 1807 to 1808, with an older adjoining section of the house dating back as far as 1707.<ref>{{NRHP url|id=72000769|title=Terhune-Gardner-Lindenmeyr House β Nomination Form}}, [[National Register of Historic Places]], received December 7, 1971. Accessed October 30, 2013.</ref> * [[Harmon Van Dien House]] β 449 Paramus Road (added 1983).<ref>{{NRHP url|id=83001561|title=Harmon Van Dien House β Nomination Form}}, [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed June 11, 2014.</ref> * [[Albert J. Zabriskie Farmhouse]] β 7 East Ridgewood Avenue (added 1977).<ref>{{NRHP url|id=77000847|title=Albert J. Zabriskie Farmhouse β Nomination Form}}, [[National Register of Historic Places]], received April 21, 1977. Accessed June 11, 2014.</ref> * [[Zabriskie Tenant House]] β 273 Dunkerhook Road (added 1984). The house was demolished in July 2012 by a housing developer who owned the property, after efforts to preserve or relocate the house failed.<ref>Ensslin, John C. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/071312_Demolition_of_historic_Zabriskie_house_in_Paramus_begins.html "Preservation effort falls short as Zabriskie house demolition begins (video)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717004125/http://www.northjersey.com/news/071312_Demolition_of_historic_Zabriskie_house_in_Paramus_begins.html |date=July 17, 2012 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', July 13, 2012. Accessed July 18, 2012. "An irreplaceable link to Bergen's County's early history, particularly for African-Americans, vanished in a cloud of dust on Friday as a backhoe clawed at the splintered wood and brownstone remains of the Zabriskie Tenant House, a 1780s building that later became home to generations of former slaves and their descendents."</ref>
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