The (Von) Steuben

The (Von) Steuben is a New Jersey historical marker in Bergen County, dedicated 1964.

A Tory’s property, seized during the Revolution, was presented by Marker can be reached from Main Street, on the left when New Jersey to Baron von Steuben, Gen. Washington’s drillmaster.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1901 · New York City and vicinity / H.M. Wilson, geographer in charge ; triangulation by U.S… (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
1924 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1934 · Hackensack, New Jersey (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1940 · Hackensack, New Jersey (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1963 · Map of Ho-De-No-Sau-Nee-Ga or the people of the long house (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

New Jersey, 1924, covering the location of The (Von) Steuben, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — New Jersey, 1924, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission

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On the National Register nearby

Steuben Estate Complex110 ft
Demarest House160 ft
Ackerman-Zabriskie-Steuben House230 ft
2 more listed places within 300 feetall New Jersey listings

Places within about 300 feet of this marker that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A nearby listing is not always the marker's own subject.