Capt. John H. Banta Homestead
Built about 1796 by John H. Banta on a tract bought in 1755 where he had an earlier house. Banta was a carpenter and farmer who enlarged his homestead to 395 acres. At the time of the French and Indian War he served as a captain in the Bergen Militia. His son Jacob, a farmer, inherited the house which remained in the Banta family until 1860. John I. Mabie, a farmer, was the owner from 1861 to 1910. The house was renovated in the years between 1910 – 15.
Sponsored by Michael and Meryl Cross 1993
In the National Register of Historic Places
Marker is at the intersection of Pascack Road and Wierimus Lane, on the left when traveling north on Pascack Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
