Open Every Sunday from 1pm – 5pm

Phone:
201-445-1804

Address:
330 Paramus Road Paramus NJ 07652

If you would like to set up a Private Group Tour, give us a call and we will be happy to accommodate you!

Bill

About Bill Leaver

Bill Leaver has been associated with the Behnke Museum since it opened in 2003. He was named as Director/Curator in 2013.
13 09, 2021

2021-09-13T10:31:48-04:00

THE MUSEUM IS OPEN ON SUNDAY FROM 1:00 PM UNTIL 5:00 PM except holiday weekends   BOOKS ABOUT PARAMUS Paramus, The Way We Were 1922 to 1960 by Fritz Behnke including 24 photographs     $10.00 Images of America - Paramus by Thalia Goulis & Marc Jablonski 178 photographs with captions     22.00 Credit cards not [...]

2021-09-13T10:31:48-04:00
13 09, 2021

HOUSES IN THE 1940’S

2021-09-10T11:02:27-04:00

This ad shows what $4990 would get you around the 1940's.  A 6 room house with attached garage for payments of only $21.05 a month including taxes.  They were built by Reis Homes.

HOUSES IN THE 1940’S2021-09-10T11:02:27-04:00
30 08, 2021

1950’s PARAMUS BOROUGH HALL

2021-08-27T10:19:19-04:00

This structure was formerly The Garden Inn on Route 17 north of Route 4.  It became the borough hall in the 1950's until the present borough office was built on the same property.  The two black vertical marks on the roof was where the supports for the large Garden Inn sign was located.

1950’s PARAMUS BOROUGH HALL2021-08-27T10:19:19-04:00
23 08, 2021

BERGEN COUNTY ISOLATION HOSPITAL (Bergen Pines)

2021-08-20T10:49:44-04:00

This hospital opened in 1916 for Polio, Diphtheria, and Scarlet Fever patients.  In 1920 the Small Pox pavilion was completed. The Tuberculosis pavilion was opened in 1922.  At that time these diseases were highly contagious.  The hospital became known as Bergen Pines in 1923.  The nine story general hospital building was built in 1952.  The [...]

BERGEN COUNTY ISOLATION HOSPITAL (Bergen Pines)2021-08-20T10:49:44-04:00
16 08, 2021

ROUTE 4 & 17 CLOVERLEAF

2021-08-16T11:03:56-04:00

This major intersection before the "flyover" ramps of today.  Note the large building in the photo,  That was Alexanders Department Store.  You may remember the mural on the building (extreme left of photo)

ROUTE 4 & 17 CLOVERLEAF2021-08-16T11:03:56-04:00
12 07, 2021

FRITZ BEHNKE BARN

2021-07-09T11:24:25-04:00

This barn stands today on property at the corner of Farview Avenue and Colorado Avenue.  It was used by Fritz Behnke to farm the land west of the barn running down toward Route 17.  The farm produced a variety of vegetables that were brought to New York City markets in his horse and buggy via [...]

FRITZ BEHNKE BARN2021-07-09T11:24:25-04:00
28 06, 2021

SPRING VALLEY ROAD ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE

2021-06-25T10:23:48-04:00

This structure remains today on Spring Valley Road just north of the Spring Valley Road Fire House.  The bell tower has been removed however the exterior is much the same as the photograph.  It is currently a private residence.

SPRING VALLEY ROAD ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE2021-06-25T10:23:48-04:00
21 06, 2021

The Fritz Behnke Barn

2021-06-18T11:27:03-04:00

The barn today still sits on the property on the corner of Farview Avenue and Colorado Avenue.  This is the original barn that was used when Fritz Behnke farmed many acres of land going west toward Route 17.  Most of the artifacts at the Paramus Fritz Behnke Historical Museum came from the barn.  For many [...]

The Fritz Behnke Barn2021-06-18T11:27:03-04:00
7 06, 2021

CHARLES E. REID BRANCH LIBRARY

2021-06-04T10:49:19-04:00

Many people recognize this building on Midland Avenue as the branch library.  Actually this building, built in 1924, was one of the two one-room schoolhouses.  Later it became the borough hall and also was used as police headquarters and court.  It is the oldest continually used municipal facility in Paramus

CHARLES E. REID BRANCH LIBRARY2021-06-04T10:49:19-04:00
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