The Hopper-Goetschius House Museum will be open every Sunday this summer through August 27th.
There will be changing demos and exhibits each week, so please come visit!

Take a step back in time.

 

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey transformed over the centuries from a relatively sparse Lenape Indian settlement in the 1600s to a primarily Dutch pioneer farming area with sandstone homes through the 1800s. By the early 1900s it also became a summer destination for city dwellers to escape the crowded streets of New York. The town went through a dramatic post-war development in the 1950s. Today, as a small suburban town dotted with historic homes, it retains the narrow winding roads, beautiful trees, and babbling brooks that attracted those early settlers of long ago.

Join us as we journey through Upper Saddle River’s past.

 
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HOPPER-GOETSCHIUS HOUSE

Visit Upper Saddle River’s oldest home, the Hopper-Goetschius House Museum, a Dutch sandstone home constructed in 1739.

GOETSCHIUS HOUSE
 
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HIstory of upper saddle river

Learn about the town’s origins, early residents, industries, architecture and development. You can also read oral histories and view historic maps.

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Click through a wide array of scenes of Upper Saddle River, NJ in the gallery below.

 

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Memories of Lizzie Carlough Goetschius (4/4): I came here as a bride June the 29th, 1910. My mother-in-law and father-in-law gave us two rooms downstairs and two rooms upstairs. We had to use coal stoves, wood stoves in the beginning, before we swi
Memories of Lizzie Carlough Goetschius (3/4): [My husband Steve] was born in this house, his father was born in this house, his grandfather was born in this house, his great grandfather lived in this house, and his great- great grandfather, who was
Memories from Lizzie Carlough Goetschius (2/4): You asked me what the town was like. I don’t know where you could find it. There was no town. I lived on Carlough Road. There was my grandfather’s house which was on the bend before you go o
Memories from Lizzie Carlough Goetschius (1/4): My father was born in Upper Saddle River. My grandfather lived in the yellow house on Lake Street, opposite Carlough Road, where the Kirschners live[d]. They were farmers and I know they were cattle dro
Just a humble reminder from this old USR ballot box that it’s #nationalvoterregistrationday — please check your registration today to make sure your voice is heard! In NJ you can check at: voter.svrs.nj.gov/registration-check
Congrats 🎊 and welcome 👋 to our new (and returning) class of USR Historical Society Junior Trustees! . . . #historylovers #historyinformsthefuture #hoppergoetschiushouse #uppersaddlerivernj #northernhighlands #historicalsociety #njhistory
Happy Labor Day! From 1928-1967 Anona Park in USR was the place to be for fun in the sun, known as the “playground of Bergen County”. It provided swimming, picnicking, dancing, and sports for hundreds of families every summer! #uppersaddl
Labor Day pickle challenge! “green tomatoes pickels” Bonus: make your own “sweet catsup”! Recipes straight from Lizzie Goetschius’s kitchen. #historicfoodways #cookoutfood #historypickles #uppersaddlerivernj #oldrecipe
⚾️ remembering the sandlot days... USR’s first little league team from 1954 . . #littleleague #uppersaddlerivernj #history #batterup⚾️
Peter J. Odo grew up in Saddle River and married Rosemary Otens of Upper Saddle River in 1942, just before shipping off to Officers Candidate School. When he returned they built a house on Union Avenue, where they lived for more than 50 years. He ser