A concerned group of citizens in Old Tappan has organized a petition to save a pre-revolutionary section of their town.

The planning board has approved a 31,000-square foot assisted living facility, on residential single home property in the middle of town. 

According to the group, the lot includes environmentally sensitive wetlands, a vernal pool, and the historic Gerrett Hearring House, built in 1750, on the national registry since 1986.

There are less than 200 of these homes left in Bergen County.

Click here to sign the change.org petition.