Stillwell-Preston House

Stillwell-Preston House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Location	9 East Saddle River Road, Saddle River, New Jersey
Coordinates	41°0′25″N 74°5′40″W / 41.00694°N 74.09444°WCoordinates: 41°0′25″N 74°5′40″W / 41.00694°N 74.09444°W
Area	2.8 acres (1.1 ha)
Built	1800
Architect	Warren & Wetmore
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Federal, Vernacular Federal
MPS	Saddle River MRA
NRHP Reference #	86001610[1]
NJRHP #	690[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 29, 1986
Designated NJRHP	June 13, 1986

Stillwell-Preston House, also known as Riverwind (after the off-Broadway play of 1962), is located in Saddle River, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The house was built in 1800 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1986. It began as a farmhouse. When improvements were made in the 1960s, square nails, handmade by a blacksmith, were removed from the walls. At one point, the house to the North on East Saddle River Road was once the carriage house for the estate and the house North of that was where the caretakers lived.

Martin Block, host of the "Make Believe Ballroom--so, arguably, the first disk jockey--once lived there. It was actually even larger, with a wing having been knocked down in the 1950s. Once owned by a retired Navy captain, he painted most of the interior battleship gray, since he had the paint and "help" available.

In the 1960s, the home was owned by Fred Pfister (who named it "Riverwind"). Fred had previously owned the equally historic Fell House in nearby Allendale, New Jersey. Fred died in July 1969 and his wake was held in the majestic 60-foot-long living room because of his deep love of this beautiful home. His family lived there until 1972.

There are ten fireplaces, and those in the bedrooms were faced with carved marble imported from Italy.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Bergen County, New Jersey

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Bergen County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2010.