John A. Haring House

Historical marker location:

5 Piermont Road, Rockleigh, New Jersey

( Marker is on Piermont Road (County Route 501), on the right when traveling south.)

Built c. 1805.

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The Great Falls of the Passaic River in Paterson, New Jersey, played a key role in the early development of the American industrial revolution. Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the United States, helped to develop the first water-powered cotton spinning mill in Paterson in 1791.