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Closter was the educational center for the Northern Valley area and Old Harrington Township for over 150 years. Formal schooling began here when Benjamin Blackledge arrived in Closter in 1760 to teach the Dutch citizens the King's English. The first private school was located in a stone house on Harvard Street and was for boys only. Later when Closter became a railroad suburb, Isabella Hammond opened a private school in the basement of the Dutch Reformed Church in 1864.

The sale and purchase of a home is one of the most significant events that an individual will experience in their lifetime. It is more than the simple purchase of housing, for it directly impacts the hopes, dreams, aspirations, and economic destiny of those involved. It is for this reason that the Fair Housing Act and other federal and state laws were enacted to guarantee a right to a national housing market free from discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, and national origin.

Piermont Road was a focal point in the many raids and skirmishes which took place. A monument on Piermont Road recalls the Lone Horseman, who is credited with warning General Greene at Fort Lee that the British were coming. When Lord Cornwallis landed at Closter Dock with 5,000 troops on November 20, 1776, climbed the Palisades and headed South, the soldiers at Ft. Lee had already moved on to Hackensack. This event is commemorated by the Lone Horseman depicted on the Closter Borough seal. He is the Paul Revere of Bergen County. Closter prospered after the post Civil War years.

The early Dutch and German settlers established many of the town's houses of worship. The first of these establishments was the Closter Dutch Reformed Church building dedicated in 1862. Not only was this the first formal house of worship, the Church later became the first public meeting area and housed the first school in the Closter historical district. The Congregational Church was built in 1879 and St. Paul's Lutheran Church was erected in 1888. The A.M.E. Zion Church, an important African American landmark, was founded in 1896. St.

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