Significance of the Old Stone House "SAVE OUR HISTORY – SAVE OUR HOUSE”
The Old Stone House, the House of our Founders
South Orange, New Jersey
The Old Stone House Team is an arm of the South Orange Historical and Preservation Society. Anyone with the commitment to Saving the Old Stone House in South Orange NJ for future generations is welcome to join and support our cause.
The Township of South Orange Village has owned the Stone House since 1953, vacant since 1983.
The Stone House by Stone House Brook is listed on both the New Jersey and the National Registers of Historic Places.
The Stone House is classified as a domestic single-family residence.
The original structure, now a portion of Stone House was a simple, rural, one and a half story Dutch, vernacular style building constructed of natural, native stone.
The English navigator, Henry Hudson employed by the Dutch East India Company explored the coast of New Jersey in 1609.
By 1633 a Dutch settlement was established at Communipaw, now Jersey City.
By 1641 a land grant was issued to Myndert Mydertson Van der Horst for the land west of Newark Bay and North to Tappan, this likely included South Orange.
By 1680 the Old Stone House was in existence, it was referred to as “Stone House” in the Newark Town Records on September 27, 1680, making it the oldest datable building in the state of New Jersey.
The 325 plus year existence of the Stone House embraces the history of the region.
