November 7, 2012 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • Page 9 Area Repairs in progress at Wyckoff’s Zabriskie House the Zabriskie House,” Boonstra said last week. The Zabriskie House is located just north of the intersection of Wyckoff Avenue and Franklin Avenue and was constructed around 1730 on the site of an older house. The existing house is believed to be the oldest in Wyckoff, and was bequeathed to the township by Grace Quakenbush Zabriskie in 1964. She had personally selected four trustees to administer the Zabriskie House. The Zabriskie House is a separate entity from the Wyckoff Historical Society, but three of the Zabriskie House trustees also serve on the board of the Wyckoff Historical Society. The Zabriskie House is sometimes opened for tours, and hosted a successful Civil War program in the late spring with exhibits of memorabilia related to Wyckoff families. During the Civil War commemoration, the poor condition of the porch was noted by members of the Wyckoff Township Committee, and they and the trustees cooperated to find donors to make it possible to repair the oldest standing house in Wyckoff without using tax dollars. by John Koster The oldest house in Wyckoff is now undergoing some much-needed repairs. Late last month, work had already begun on the porch of the venerable Zabriskie House. Wyckoff Township Committeeman Rudy Boonstra credited Jim and Judy Abma and Bill Bushman, trustees of the Zabriskie House, with reaching out to find volunteers to conduct necessary repairs at the house. Kuiken Brothers of Midland Park donated the lumber for the construction and Bob Milanese of Barrister Construction sent the carpenters to work on the restoration of the porch. “I’d like to express my admiration to Jim and Judy Abma and Bill Bushman for reaching out to the people who were generous enough to donate materials and labor to maintain Top photo: The Zabriskie House. Above: A detail of the porch renovation project. Below: Signs outside the building.