In continuous agricultural use from c.1810 to the present day, High Breeze Farm was never mechanized and, therefore, serves as a model of the agricultural life and practices of northwestern New Jersey from 1810-1935. The profitability of regional agriculture was enhanced by the embargo and naval blockades that constricted sea trade between 1807-1815. As this lifestyle disappeared in the early twentieth century when the railroads delivered less expensive goods from the Midwest, New Jersey farms specialized and mechanized their operations. High Breeze remained primarily a nineteenth century operation.

The Trust grant funded needed stabilization of the main farmhouse and ancillary structures, including two barns, the tenant house, a corncrib, two chicken coops, the summer kitchen/wagon shed, and a privy.

Known as the Barrett Farm Historic Site, the property is part of the Wawayanda State Park. For more information, visit: www.nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/parks/wawayanda.html