Preserving the Past is our Gift to the Future
New Jersey's Wallisch Homestead is a 99-acre historic farm located in West Milford, Passaic County, that is a time capsule of the community's agricultural and cultural heritage.
Home to four families over 200 years, the Homestead has a main house dating to the 1880's, with a stone barn and creamery dating to the early 1900's. A three-acre environmental walking trail is bordered by Belcher's Creek, which flows into Greenwood Lake and boasts a scenic vista of Bearfort Mountain rising in the distance.
Currently, the Homestead is a public space owned by the Township of West Milford and the West Milford Board of Education. The Friends of Wallisch Homestead is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit group whose mission is to act as stewards in the preservation and adaptive reuse of the Homestead buildings and grounds.
The property was willed to the township by brothers Louis and John Wallisch. It was their intention that the property be used by the public for "educational purposes and the preservation of the community and its environs, including use of the Homestead and lands for sports, wildlife and recreational purposes."
Community Involvement
There are so many ways to participate in our Mission, including care of the grounds, help at events, administration, fundraising, accessibility, publicity, research, special projects and business sponsorship.
Volunteering at the Homestead allows everyone with a little time to apply their talents and be a part of West Milford's future. There's plenty to do for all skill sets.
If you or your group would like to volunteer for specific work days or fundraising events, please email the Board at wallischhomestead@gmail.com, or write to us at FOWH, PO Box 63, West Milford, NJ 07480. You are welcome to join us at our Board meetings held on the first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m.
Wallisch Homestead Flyover