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Demott–Westervelt House

historic house in Englewood, New Jersey

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ7177661 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Demott–Westervelt House, also known as the Peter Westervelt House, is located at 285 Grand Avenue in the city of Englewood in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The historic stone house was built in 1808 by Peter Westervelt for Henry Demott. It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1936. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 9, 1983, for its significance in architecture and exploration/settlement. It was listed as part of the Early Stone Houses of Bergen County Multiple Property Submission (MPS).

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Bergen County, New Jersey

References

External links

Media related to Demott-Westervelt House at Wikimedia Commons

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Demott–Westervelt House” as historic house in Englewood, New Jersey. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1808, 1936, 1983—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1808. The account is most persuasive where Demott, Westervelt and House can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as historic house in Englewood, New Jersey. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7177661. Authority coordinates are 40.884, -73.977. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1808, 1936 and 1983.

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This entry incorporates text from “Demott–Westervelt House” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.