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Image: HARING-CORNING HOUSE, ROCKLEIGH, BERGEN COUNTY, NJ

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Description: THE ORIGINAL SECTION OF THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1741 BY ABRAHAM D. HARING. A LARGE DUTCH COLONIAL STYLE ADDITION WAS BUILT ONTO THE HOUSE IN 1828. SAMUEL B. CORNING PURCHASED THE HOUSE IN 1856. JENKINS SLOAT PURCHASED THE HOUSE IN 1870 AND OPERATED A SAWMILL ON THE PROPERTY. WILLIAM L. TAIT, WHO WAS THE FIRST MAYOR OF ROCKLEIGH OWNED THE HOUSE FROM 1913 TO 1930. TAIT ADDED A WING TO THE HOUSE, A VERANDA AND EXTENDED THE CENTRAL DORMER. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 85002589 More images
Title: HARING-CORNING HOUSE, ROCKLEIGH, BERGEN COUNTY, NJ
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Author: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ M.D.
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