Built at the beginning of the 19th Century, Fair Lawn's Cadmus House Museum held an open house for the public on Sunday. A small group of locals toured the four-room Dutch style home, which was moved to its present location adjacent to the Radburn Train Station in the mid-1980s. The museum's four rooms offer a window into Fair Lawn's agrarian roots and early days as a manufacturing and commercial hub. Photos from "lost Fair Lawn" join artifacts from the lives of early settlers through the late 19th and early 20th centuries. One room pays special homage to Fair Lawn's finest and bravest. …

River Road was one of the earliest areas of Fair Lawn developed during Colonial times. The G.V.H. Berdan and Peter Garretson houses—two of the borough's oldest structures—are found here. The original deed on the Garretson House is over 300 years old and at one time included all of present-day Fair Lawn. The Berdan House was built around 1800. Watch the video to explore these two historic sites.

They Lenape followed the Saddle Brook and Passaic rivers. The Dutch utilized local materials to create unique architecture. The British added their own flourishes. And on the eve of the Great Depression, a planned community was built in Radburn. These are Fair Lawn's eight historic sites.

The architectural style of Fair Lawn's historic Dutch Colonial homes is unique to our region. The homes of the Naugle Family, Jacob Vanderbeck and Richard J. Berdan (now the site of the Dutch House Tavern) were all built in the 18th Century and influenced by early settlers and available materials.

Through video and photography, Patch will help you relive the history of this borough in a weekly feature called "Historic Fair Lawn." This week, the chair of the Fair Lawn Historic Preservation Commission reviews the borough's eight official landmarks.