The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-12-29

Reipen, who was the son of Richard, who
rebuilt the homestead. He keeps ali oys-
ter restaurant
yes, - said he, 'Grandpop rebuilt the
house. He has been dead forty-five years.
After mis- death we found in the garrett a
lot of old harness and several swords that
he had made himself during the Revolu-
ton, for he was a terrible fighter. My
father. that's Daniel, or Pop Van Rel
pen, gave Grandpop's old flint-lock
musket to Isaac SKidmore, of Canarsie,
l.. J.. Grandpop used it in the Revolu-
tion.'
WAS Richard tory?v
Say, young man, if he were here just
now you would be a corpse in q jiify. He
was the rankest rebel tory ever met,
and the Lord only knows how many OF
his country's enemies he sent to Him.
Speaking about the new house Otis only
thirty-one years Old, before it was COM
pleted Grandpop had one room fixed up,
and there Pop Van Reipen, my father,
was born and and at ripe old age he died
in i'll the same room. He never lived in
any other house"
THE OLD oARTARET CLUB.
The building which the members of
the Cartaret Club occupied as a club
house on Bergen avenue until they built
the elegant structure now owned by
them is a landmark in the history of this
county. The house, although more than
century old, is in good repair. The or
iginal building was of stone and story
and half high. To this have been added
frame extensions. The first section of it
was built by Michael Demott, who was a
wealthy farmer and owned a large tract
of land that came to him by inheritance.
The building now belongs to John M.
Jones, who rents it. The grounds about
the house and the out-building5 ARE kept
in thorough repair.
The stone work of the first building Is
covered with cement and the entire
building is painted yellow.
wAsHINGToN's HEADQUARTERS.
Washington Headquarters, corner of
Gently torn down. Where it stood three
frame buildings three stories high now
stand, and the old familiar landmark has
passed away. The building was one and
half stories high and about 70 feet by
30 feet in dimensions. The house was
built of stone and had a shingled roof. 1t
was believed to be at the time it was torn
down last spring nearly two hundred
years old.
The building was originally a farm
house and stood with its gable end toward
the street. Many years ago it came into
the possession of the Clendenny family,
the last by that name to own it being
in the posse ssion of Lawyer Condit, of
the firm of Randolph, Condit g. Black.
For many years the old headquarters of
the father of his country was tenanted by
a colored woman known as Aunt Silva
Bohana She now lives on the west side
| of the hill and is said to be ninety eight
years old.
She was South Carolina slave before
the war. She is cared for by the Kings
Daughters and the Young Mems Chris
tian Endeavor Society. Except for this
aid and that given her by Grocer Lange
| \. 4 l..
tute. From age and rheumatism she is
helpless. The destruction of this build
ing was great grief to John V. Glen
denny. On many occasions he had been
heard to exclaim:-
Tear the old rookery down. Not by a
blank sight. Ii | could afford to put it in a
glass case and keep it forever | would do
So"
THE vicissitudes of fortune compelled
him to part with it, however.
A HOUSE AND A TREE.
On Bergen avenue, near Sip avenue, are
two odd time rocks" One is a house and
the other a tree 1t is difficult to deter
mine which is the better cared for. The
house is the homestead of DR.. Brown
Gautier, who in the early days of the set
Element of Bergen was possessed of q
large tract of land. The original building
was two story brick, % feet front, and
had stone foundation. 1t is now double
d.
The old portion of the building is appar-
emily as good as the more modern.
rhe big tree referred to stands in the
middle of the sidewalk and shades the
front door, as it has done for more than
century. For years a fence was kept
around it, but lately that has been re-
moved. To pedestrians this old tree is a
| nuisance, yet it has so endeared itself in
| the hearts of every one that to suggest its
| removal would seem almost sacriligious
| Old DR.. Brown Gautier was, in his day, q
| fast man. He was especially fond of
| horses, and kept stable of racers He
| married the daughter of DR.. Josiah Horn
blower. grandfather of the present Josiah,
who was brother OF Chief Justice Horn
| blower.
The Hornblower estate nearly Joined
| that of Gautier, and the Manor house
| was where, recently, Christ's Hospital
was located.
| THE SIP HOMESTEAD.
| Dick Sip lives in another old relic, al
| though it today has not the faintest in
| dication of its age. The house is ON the
| corner of Bergen avenue and Newkirk
| street, and was built by Judge Peter Sip.
! The original building was of stone, one
| story high, and hau high pitched roof.
| Added to this there is now frame ex-
| tension, which makes the house large
| one. Four chimneys ornament the roof
| and the spacious grounds are dotted with
| o stable, carriage house, hennery and
| other out-buildings.
| Fruit and shade trees are also on the
| grounds in abundance. The house was
| built by Old Judge Sip more than one
| hundred years ago. He had two CONS,
| Garret and Richard. Carrot was q soldier
and attained the rank of Colonel, and
! Richard was farmer. He was deaf and
| dumb. Both of these brothers are dead
| but the grandson of Richard occupies
| the homestead and what remains OF the
| farm.
RETIREMENT HALL.
| Another old house that until recently
| was in good repair is Retirement Hall''
| the homestead of the first Gautier who
settled in Bergen.
| 1t is at the foot of Linden avenue and
| commands view of the bay from Staten
| Island to the Battery. The house, like
all the early buildings, was built OF
| stone and had n high pitched roof II
| was built during the year 1860 and twenty
| years later was sold to Gautier. Since
| then it has been known as the Gautie1
| House and Retirement Hall. This last
name was given it by Gautier, who loved
| the quiet that prevailed about his home.
Fine CIoaks and Wraps.
An excellent opportunity is afforded
those iH need OF cloaks, WRAPS and
| sacques, TO select from an extensive line
| of these garments now offered by Harris
& Company, corner Seventeenlh,street and
Sixth avenue, New York at greatly re-