The Steuben House, an early example of Dutch Colonial architecture, was built as a five-room stone house in 1752, and enlarged around 1767. Washington used the house as his headquarters September 4-20, 1780, during the encampment of the Continental Army at Steenrapie (now River Edge). Following the war, New Jersey confiscated the war-damaged house, which belonged to Loyalist Jan Zabriskie, and presented it to Major General von Steuben in 1783. Steuben leased it to a former aide and Zabriskie's son, before selling it back to the Zabriskies six years later.



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