Westside Park is a 26.6-acre (10.8 ha) municipal park located between the Passaic River and Totowa Avenue in the city of Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.
[5] The two-story brick house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1973, for its significance in architecture (Dutch Colonial) and urban planning.
[1][6] After his marriage in 1741, Gerrebrant Van Houten built a brick farmhouse with a frame addition on this site.
General George Washington visited here while he was staying at the Dey Mansion in 1780.
The original house burned in 1830, and Dirck's son Adrian rebuilt and enlarged it in 1831.