3 ▁m ) ▁wide ▁and ▁ 2 0 ▁feet ▁() ▁deep , ▁s ided ▁in ▁field stone ▁stack ed ▁without ▁mort ar . ▁It ▁is ▁complement ed ▁by ▁a ▁frame ▁tool sh ed ▁at ▁the ▁n ortheast ▁corner ▁with ▁a ▁g abled ▁roof ▁and ▁cla p board ▁s iding . ▁ ▁The ▁tool sh ed ▁and ▁well house ▁are ▁architect ur ally ▁sympath etic ▁to ▁the ▁house . ▁As ▁they ▁are ▁of ▁modern ▁construction ▁they ▁are ▁not ▁considered ▁contrib uting ▁resources ▁to ▁the ▁Register ▁listing . ▁The ▁well ▁itself ▁dates ▁to ▁the ▁property ' s ▁early ▁years ▁as ▁a ▁farm house ▁and ▁is ▁therefore ▁a ▁contrib uting ▁structure . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Records ▁from ▁surve ys ▁done ▁to ▁establish ▁the ▁colonial ▁boundary ▁near ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁York - New ▁Jersey ▁Line ▁War ▁in ▁ 1 7 6 9 ▁note ▁the ▁house , ▁and ▁suggest ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁relatively ▁new . ▁Contempor ary ▁records ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁K ak iat ▁Pat ent , ▁a ▁colonial ▁land ▁grant ▁that ▁covered ▁not ▁only ▁port ions ▁of ▁what ▁is ▁today ▁Rock land ▁County ▁but ▁also ▁Ber gen ▁County , ▁New ▁Jersey , ▁to ▁the ▁south , ▁also ▁support ▁that ▁assumption , ▁leading ▁to ▁the ▁estimated ▁construction ▁date ▁of ▁ 1 7 6 5 . ▁Edward ▁Sal yer ▁Sr ., ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁built ▁it ▁and ▁lived ▁there , ▁bought ▁the ▁ ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁pat ent ' s ▁Great ▁Lot ▁ 2 1 . ▁ ▁The ▁house ▁has ▁many ▁features ▁of