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      <image:caption>Three jars of honey with labels that read 'Pure Honey' from The Farm Cafe, located at 40 Old Hook Rd, Closter, NJ, with phone number (201) 289-3627. The labels feature images of pink flowers and green leaves.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About</image:title>
      <image:caption>ILLUSTRATION OF THE ABRAM DEMAREE HOUSE FROM THE BERGEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>THE ABRAM DEMAREE HOUSE, CIRCA 1982</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>MARY CRAIN, founder of the Abram Demaree Homestead, unveiling the first sign in 1980.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>THE ABRAM DEMAREE HOMESTEAD</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About - The Farm Cafe</image:title>
      <image:caption>Steps away from the Abram Demaree Homestead on Old Hook Road is our Farm Cafe. Home of the five-star angus beef farmburger, the Farm Cafe serves up homemade breakfast egg sandwiches, paninis, chicken pot pies, hot dogs, quiche, chili, mac and cheese, soups, and more. Our menu includes desserts like our much-loved pies (apple, pecan, pumpkin, blueberry, cherry, strawberry rhubarb, and raspberry), seasonal apple cider donuts, farm cake, and cookies. See our menu here. We cook and bake all our menu items in house and incorporate ingredients from our farm. The Farm Cafe offers indoor seating and outside dining on our patio overlooking the beautiful expanse of our farm. Takeout is available. Open Wednesdays-Saturdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About - The Old Schraalenburgh Farm</image:title>
      <image:caption>Across Old Hook Road from the Abram Demaree House is our farm. These 14 acres have been continuously farmed since the 18th century. Every spring we plant vegetables as well as herbs, lavender, roses, zinnias, and other flowers. In the summer and fall we harvest what we’ve grown, donate to local food banks and soup kitchens. We also sell fresh flower bouquets to the public. Our farm also has a big flock of very friendly, colorful chickens! They love hanging out inside and outside their large coop by the red barn. Chicken feed is for sale at the Farm Cafe for 25 cents a handful. Visitors are welcome to walk the roads and paths surrounding the farm field.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About - Vintage Goods &amp; Antiques Shop</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Vintage Goods and Antique Shop is actually two shops: one in the Abram Demaree House, and the other next door inside our (recently renovated) original wood barn. Both the house and the barn are filled with unique artifacts and items including furniture, decor, artwork, jewelry, clothes, collectibles. books, tableware, and oddities of all kinds. The Vintage Goods Shop operates as a nonprofit consignment store. All proceeds go to maintaining the Abram Demaree Homestead. We’re open Saturdays and Sundays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. We’re always looking for new consigners. Interested in selling? Learn about becoming a consigner.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About - The Red Barn in the Farm Field</image:title>
      <image:caption>One of the most beautiful outbuildings at the Homestead is our big red barn, a stunningly restored Dutch-style barn dating back to the 1780s with a steeply pitched gable roof, large doors, small upstairs and downstairs windows, and a hay loft. Though our red barn is of a similar architectural style as the 18th century Homestead barn near the Abram Demaree House, this one was not originally built here. It was part of a former farm in the town of Park Ridge, a few miles away. Faced with demolition in 2008, the barn was dismantled, brought to the field, and then reassembled here. Today it stands as a beacon of Dutch colonial life and can be seen from both Schraalenburgh and Old Hook Roads.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About - The Old Blacksmith Forge and Original Dutch Wood Barn</image:title>
      <image:caption>Between the Abram Demaree House and the barn is a small sandstone dwelling with a shingled gable roof and brick chimney. This charming building was mostly in ruins when the Homestead became a nonprofit, but it likely once served as a blacksmith’s shop. Inside the rebuilt shop is a blacksmith forge, bellows, and anvil, as well as an assortment of blacksmithing tools dating back to the 1780s. Having a blacksmith on the property must have been wonderfully convenient for the Demaree family and subsequent occupants of the Homestead. Blacksmiths were essential to 18th and 19th century life: They forged nails, repaired wagon and stagecoach wheels, created farm and kitchen tools, and shoed horses. Next to the blacksmith shop is the original barn, likely built by Abram Demaree. The barn is possibly a traditional Dutch wood colonial barn known as a “Dutch New World” barn. Only found in areas of New York and New Jersey settled by the Dutch, this type of barn is usually wider than it is long, has a gable roof, and offers plenty of room inside for stalls for cattle and horses and possibly a “threshing floor” for grain. Our recent renovation of the front of the barn has helped restore it to its original beauty. Today this barn houses the Vintage Goods &amp; Antiques Shop. The commodious space, hand-hewn beams, and wood plank floors make shopping here a very unique experience.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About - The Hackensack River Overlook</image:title>
      <image:caption>Behind the Demaree Homestead is a breathtaking scenic overlook. Known as the Dwars Kill in colonial times, this was once part of the Hackensack River, the vital waterway that enabled northeastern Bergen County to thrive when early roads were rough and muddy and no railroad yet existed. Abram Demaree used the Hackensack River to bring goods to his general store and tavern. Having the river practically at his doorstep was probably why he chose this spot, and it likely provided cooler breezes during hot summer months. Today this is the Oradell Reservoir, which provides the drinking water to towns in Northern Valley and Pascack Valley. The overlook offers a gorgeous view of the water and 500 acres of protected land owned by a private utility. Thanks to the water and surrounding woods, the spot is essentially a nature preserve, home to deer, raccoons, groundhogs, turtles, ducks, geese, and many varieties of birds through all the seasons. Access to the woods and the reservoir is prohibited, but the view from the large rocks at the overlook is stunning and inspiring.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About - Historic Closter, NJ</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Abram Demaree Homestead is located in Closter, New Jersey, which has a long history as a Dutch colonial village in northern Bergen County. Settled in 1710 by Dutch families, Closter was a farming community and part of what became the Township of Harrington in 1775. Residents spoke a dialect known as Low Dutch, or Jersey Dutch. Through the 18th century, Dutch colonial sandstone houses and barns sprang up, a number of which (like the Abram Demaree House) still stand. These houses were built close to the road, probably to make it easier to access the road via wagon or carriage and also to preserve as much land as possible for farming. Besides crops, Closter’s early residents also raised cattle. Closter played a crucial role in the Revolutionary War. In 1776, Lord Cornwallis and 5,000 British and Hessian troops sailed across the Hudson River and came ashore at Huyler’s Landing, or Lower Closter Landing to take Fort Lee. Residents in Bergen County were split between Loyalists and Patriots. In Closter and nearby settlements, this led to bloody raids and retaliations by bitterly divided neighbors. The legend of the Closter Horseman came out of this turbulent period. The horseman, a local farmer, saw British general Cornwallis and his troops land their boats in 1776. Riding his plow horse, the horseman then hurried 9 miles to Fort Lee and told General Nathanael Greene that the Redcoats were on their way. Greene and his Continental Army were able to vacate the fort and join Washington’s troops in Hackensack. A memorial plaque honoring the Closter Horseman was erected at Piermont and Closter Dock Roads in 1964.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About - THE CLOSTER HORSEMAN</image:title>
      <image:caption>THE CLOSTER HORSEMAN painting by John Pagano</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>TK: THE ABRAM DEMAREE HOMESTEAD, CIRCA TK</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>TK: THE ABRAM DEMAREE HOMESTEAD, CIRCA 1982</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>CAPTION TK: THE ABRAM DEMAREE HOMESTEAD, CHRISTMAS 2019</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Front view of a wooden building with a sign that reads 'Vintage Consgnment Shop: Antiques and Collectibles, Open Saturday 11-3'. There are two windows on each side of the entrance, a fountain in front, and a leafless tree growing against the building.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Interior of a rustic store with wooden beams, ceiling fan, and various antiques and collectibles for sale, including glassware, ceramic figurines, and decorations, with people browsing.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Living room with antique furniture, a decorated fireplace with a large painting above, and Christmas decorations.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Interior of a vintage thrift store with various items such as clothing, glassware, and decorative objects on display. There are people browsing and arranging items, with a staircase leading to an upper level. The store has wooden floors and a cozy, eclectic atmosphere.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Interior of an antique shop with wooden furniture, lamps, shelves filled with decorative items, and a large arched window.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A wooden building exterior with two windows and a sign that reads 'Consignment Shop' with hours operating Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 5pm. In front of the sign, there is a wooden table and a small black metal decorative table.</image:caption>
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