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Schuyler Colfax House Multi Multi-Cache

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Triforce: Construction likely to go on for more than three months. Will archive for now and will bring back if available at some point in the future.

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Hidden : 6/21/2015
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The Schuyler-Colfax House is located in Wayne, New Jersey. The house was built in 1695 by Arent Schuyler. There is onsite parking available right off of Hamburg Turnpike.

Multi Instructions

This should be an easy, two stage multi. To find this hide, you will need to go to the posted coords and find the numbers on a historic stone marker. Insert the two numbers in order for "AB" to obtain the complete coords for the final.

FINAL COORDS: N40 59.(A)(B)9 W074 16.743


Completed as a one-room farmhouse in 1695 by Arent Schuyler, the Schuyler homestead was passed to Arent Schuyler's great granddaughter Hester Schuyler who married William Colfax, commander of George Washington's Life Guards. Their grandson, Schuyler Colfax, Jr., was the 17th Vice President of the United States. The Dutch Colonial style addition to the originally brick and field-stone building was added by Colfax in 1783.

There has been several alterations to the structure in the 20th century such as the addition of dormers in place of "belly-windows". Today, the building operates as a local history museum having been purchased in 1994 by Wayne Township from Dr. Jane Colfax.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)