Harsimus
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Harsimus is a neighborhood within Downtown
Jersey City
. The neighborhood stretches from the Harsimus Stem Embankment
(the Sixth Street Embankment) in the north to Christopher Columbus Drive in the south between Coles Street and Grove Street
or more broadly, to Marin Boulevard
. It borders the neighborhoods of Hamilton Park
to the north, Van Vorst Park
to the south, the Village
to the west, and the Powerhouse Arts District
to the east. Newark Avenue
has traditionally been its main street. The name is from the Lenape
, used by the Hackensack Indians who inhabited the region and could be translated as Crow’s Marsh. From many years, the neighborhood was part of the “Horseshoe
”, a political delineation created by its position between the converging rail lines and political gerrymandering.
phrase, possibly meaning Crow's Marsh. Spellings include: Aharsimus, Ahasimus, Hasymes, Haassemus, Hahassemes, Hasimus, Horseemes, Hasseme , Horsimus
In current Lenape ahas means crow
In 1629 the Dutchman Michael Reyniersz Pauw
obtained a patent for all the land in what would become Hudson County, naming it Pavonia
. Unable to fulfill a patroon
charter provision that he set up a plantation with fifty permanent settlers the Dutch West India Company
sold a part to his superintendent, who had built a homestead in 1634 and was the first of many Van Vorsts
to play important roles in the development of the city. A family homestead built in 1647 was demolished in 1967, Conflict with Native Americans compromised the settlement 1643, which continued to grow after the 1645 treaty ending Kieft's War
. Again in 1655, the area was attacked in a conflict called the Peach Tree War
. In 1660, it came under the jurisdiction of Bergen, New Netherland
the main village of which was located at Bergen Square
.
Once the area was ceded to the British after the surrender of Fort Amsterdam
, New York
claimed ownership to the high waterline along the west bank of the Hudson River
and that any pier built there was under its jurisdiction, thus stifling development which would compete with the burgeoning New York City
. Paulus Hook was the first to urbanize, and The City of Jersey
was incorporated in various forms in 1820, 1829, and again in 1838. John Coles, a merchant from New York, was among the first to expand into Harsimus. The Supreme Court settled the matter of jurisdiction in the 1830s, creating a border mid-river. Harsimus grew with shipping along shoreline and residences farther inland. The short-lived Van Vorst Township
later merged with its neighbor. Much of housing stock from the maritime era is still intact. Many of the streets in the gridiron
lain at the time have been renamed over the years. Moving away from the river they were originally called Hudson, River, Kelso, and Barnum. Provost and others to the west have stayed the same.
Harsimus was transformed by the development of the railroad industry. By 1870 much of the estuary
flood zone was land-filled for the development of railyards, extending a quarter mile from Henderson Street
. Three elevated right of ways were built: one from the Bergen Arches
to the Erie Railroad
Pavonia Terminal
, the Harsimus Stem Embankment
at 6th Street for the Pennsylvania Railroad
(PRR), and another for its Jersey City Branch along Railroad Avenue (now Columbus Drive) to Exchange Place
. The embankments and elevated lines separated adjoining neighborhoods. A small slip was created and still is called Harsimus Cove. Huge stockyards dominated the waterfront between the train terminals.
Harsimus' isolation was codified with gerrymandering, forming a horseshoe and creating a new nickname. The community consisted of Catholic
immigrants, many of them Irish, who worked on the railroad. Infuxes of Ellis Island
immigrants swelled the population. A vestige of the Slavic
character of the area remains at the Ukrainian National Home. To diminish the Democratic power base, Republican power brokers redrew the voting district to consist solely of the Horseshoe so that they may protect other seats from Democratic threat. In the 1910s the Horseshoe power base produced the infamous Mayor Frank Hague
who dominated the Hudson County
political machine and influenced city, county, state, and federal politics for most of the first half of the 20th century. In 1941 a large fire struck the Horsehoe waterfront.
as well as the removal of the PRR elevated rail right of way. Middle, low income, and senior housing projects were developed. A section of Grove Street
was re-named Manila Avenue in recognition of the city's resident Overseas Filipino
, Henderson Street (renamed Marin Boulevard
for the first governor of Puerto Rico
Luis Muñoz Marín
), to reflect the influx of Puerto Rican
and Filipino
residents, and Railroad Avenue to now Columbus Drive and acknowledge the still large Italian population.
The renewal did not effect the 19th century blocks which were not demolished. A historic preservation movement and real estate reinvestment led to Harsimus’s designation as a Historic District
in 1987. Coveinence to mass transit and relatively affordable rents attracted an artistic community, some of whom converted buildings to live/work spaces. Zoning in the form of WALDO
(or Work and Live District Overlay) were unsuccessful in preserving and stimulating the creation of an arts district within the area where large warehouses still remained, and have given way the Powerhouse Arts District
and the construction of residential highrises.
East of the neighborhood, the Lefrak Organization
obtained title to most of the disused Erie-Lackawanna land and began the development of Newport
, centered around the Port Authority Trans Hudson (PATH) Newport Station in the 1980s. To the south, the PRR
abbatoir were also acquired. Development plans did not include extending the 19th century urban grid to the waterfront, but the construction of large parking decks at the former and strip mall
at the latter. The first segment of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail
opened in 2002, including the Harsimus Cove Station
nearby the landmark Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse
.
Downtown Jersey City
Downtown is an area of Jersey City, New Jersey that includes the Historic Downtown and the Waterfront. Historic Downtown can be further broken down into the neighborhoods of Harsimus Cove, The Village, Van Vorst Park, Grove Street, Hamilton Park and Boyle Plaza...
Jersey City
Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City is the seat of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.Part of the New York metropolitan area, Jersey City lies between the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay across from Lower Manhattan and the Hackensack River and Newark Bay...
. The neighborhood stretches from the Harsimus Stem Embankment
Harsimus Stem Embankment
The Harsimus Stem Embankment, also called Sixth Street Embankment, is a half-mile-long historic railroad embankment, now abandoned and largely overgrown with foliage, in the heart of Jersey City's historic downtown...
(the Sixth Street Embankment) in the north to Christopher Columbus Drive in the south between Coles Street and Grove Street
Grove Street (Hudson County)
County Route 635 in Hudson County, New Jersey is a long street called Grove Street at its northern and southern ends and a newer name, Manila Avenue, in its middle section.- Grove Street :...
or more broadly, to Marin Boulevard
Marin Boulevard
Luis Munoz Marin Boulevard is a street which runs from the Morris Canal through Downtown Jersey City to just over the city line in Hoboken and is in two sections designated Hudson CountyCounty Route 637....
. It borders the neighborhoods of Hamilton Park
Hamilton Park, Jersey City
Hamilton Park is a neighborhood in Historic Downtown in Jersey City, centered around a park with the same name. Hamilton Park is located west of Newport, north of Harsimus Cove, north and east of The Village and south of Boyle Plaza. The Victorian age park is located between Eighth Street and...
to the north, Van Vorst Park
Van Vorst Park
Van Vorst Park is neighborhood in Historic Downtown in Jersey City, centered around a park sharing the same name. The neighborhood is located west of Paulus Hook and Marin Boulevard, north of Grand Street, east of the Turnpike Extension, and south of The Village and Christopher Columbus Drive...
to the south, the Village
The Village, Jersey City
The Village is a neighborhood in the western section of Historic Downtown in Jersey City. It is bordered by Hamilton Park and Harsimus Cove to the east and the Turnpike Extension to the west, on the other side of which Jones Park and Mary Benson Park are located. Newark Avenue is the major street...
to the west, and the Powerhouse Arts District
Powerhouse Arts District, Jersey City
The Powerhouse Arts District is a historic warehouse district in Downtown Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, which takes its name from the unused generating station Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse currently undergoing an extensive stabilization effort...
to the east. Newark Avenue
Newark Plank Road
The Newark Plank Road was a major 19th century artery between New Jersey's Hudson Waterfront and the burgeoning city of Newark, further inland across the New Jersey Meadows. As its name suggests, a plank road was constructed of wooden planks laid side-to-side on a roadbed. A charter to construct...
has traditionally been its main street. The name is from the Lenape
Lenape
The Lenape are an Algonquian group of Native Americans of the Northeastern Woodlands. They are also called Delaware Indians. As a result of the American Revolutionary War and later Indian removals from the eastern United States, today the main groups live in Canada, where they are enrolled in the...
, used by the Hackensack Indians who inhabited the region and could be translated as Crow’s Marsh. From many years, the neighborhood was part of the “Horseshoe
Horseshoe, Jersey City
The Horseshoe section of Jersey City, New Jersey was the second ward, and was the home of the immigrants, tenements, and taverns. The Republican-controlled Legislature gerrymandered the district in 1871 to concentrate and isolate Democratic, and mostly Catholic, votes, thus preserving Republican...
”, a political delineation created by its position between the converging rail lines and political gerrymandering.
Early settlement
Harismus is a derivative of a LenapeLenape
The Lenape are an Algonquian group of Native Americans of the Northeastern Woodlands. They are also called Delaware Indians. As a result of the American Revolutionary War and later Indian removals from the eastern United States, today the main groups live in Canada, where they are enrolled in the...
phrase, possibly meaning Crow's Marsh. Spellings include: Aharsimus, Ahasimus, Hasymes, Haassemus, Hahassemes, Hasimus, Horseemes, Hasseme , Horsimus
In current Lenape ahas means crow
Michael Reyniersz Pauw
Knight Michiel Reiniersz Pauw was a burgermeester of Amsterdam and a director of the Dutch West India Company...
obtained a patent for all the land in what would become Hudson County, naming it Pavonia
Pavonia, New Netherland
Pavonia was the first European settlement on the west bank of the North River that was part of the 17th century province of New Netherland in what would become today's Hudson County, New Jersey.-Hudson and the Hackensack:...
. Unable to fulfill a patroon
Patroon
In the United States, a patroon was a landholder with manorial rights to large tracts of land in the 17th century Dutch colony of New Netherland in North America...
charter provision that he set up a plantation with fifty permanent settlers the Dutch West India Company
Dutch West India Company
Dutch West India Company was a chartered company of Dutch merchants. Among its founding fathers was Willem Usselincx...
sold a part to his superintendent, who had built a homestead in 1634 and was the first of many Van Vorsts
Cornelius Van Vorst
Cornelius Van Vorst was the twelfth Mayor of Jersey City serving from 1860 to 1862. He was the namesake and eighth generation descendant of the 17th century Superintendent of the Pavonia Colony.-Biography:...
to play important roles in the development of the city. A family homestead built in 1647 was demolished in 1967, Conflict with Native Americans compromised the settlement 1643, which continued to grow after the 1645 treaty ending Kieft's War
Kieft's War
Kieft's War, also known as the Wappinger War, was a conflict between settlers of the nascent colony of New Netherland and the native Lenape population in what would later become the New York metropolitan area of the United States...
. Again in 1655, the area was attacked in a conflict called the Peach Tree War
Peach Tree War
The Peach Tree War, also known as the "Peach War," is the name given to a large scale attack on the New Netherland colony of Pavonia, across from New Amsterdam, and surrounding settlements along the North River by the Susquehannock Nation and allied Native Americans on September 15,...
. In 1660, it came under the jurisdiction of Bergen, New Netherland
Bergen, New Netherland
Bergen was a part of the 17th century province of New Netherland, in the area in northeastern New Jersey along the Hudson and Hackensack Rivers that would become contemporary Hudson and Bergen Counties...
the main village of which was located at Bergen Square
Bergen Square
Bergen Square, at the intersection of Bergen Avenue and Academy Street in Jersey City, is in the southwestern part of the much larger Journal Square district...
.
Fort Amsterdam
For the historic fort on the island of Saint Martin, see Fort Amsterdam Fort Amsterdam was a fort on the southern tip of Manhattan that was the administrative headquarters for the Dutch and then British rule of New York from...
, New York
Province of New York
The Province of New York was an English and later British crown territory that originally included all of the present U.S. states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Vermont, along with inland portions of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine, as well as eastern Pennsylvania...
claimed ownership to the high waterline along the west bank of the Hudson River
Hudson River
The Hudson is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York. The highest official source is at Lake Tear of the Clouds, on the slopes of Mount Marcy in the Adirondack Mountains. The river itself officially begins in Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York...
and that any pier built there was under its jurisdiction, thus stifling development which would compete with the burgeoning New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. Paulus Hook was the first to urbanize, and The City of Jersey
Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City is the seat of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.Part of the New York metropolitan area, Jersey City lies between the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay across from Lower Manhattan and the Hackensack River and Newark Bay...
was incorporated in various forms in 1820, 1829, and again in 1838. John Coles, a merchant from New York, was among the first to expand into Harsimus. The Supreme Court settled the matter of jurisdiction in the 1830s, creating a border mid-river. Harsimus grew with shipping along shoreline and residences farther inland. The short-lived Van Vorst Township
Van Vorst Township, New Jersey
Van Vorst was a township that existed in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, from 1841 to 1851. It was on the Hudson River, immediately south of downtown Jersey City and across from Manhattan....
later merged with its neighbor. Much of housing stock from the maritime era is still intact. Many of the streets in the gridiron
Grid plan
The grid plan, grid street plan or gridiron plan is a type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid...
lain at the time have been renamed over the years. Moving away from the river they were originally called Hudson, River, Kelso, and Barnum. Provost and others to the west have stayed the same.
Rise of the railroad and Hague
Estuary
An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....
flood zone was land-filled for the development of railyards, extending a quarter mile from Henderson Street
Marin Boulevard
Luis Munoz Marin Boulevard is a street which runs from the Morris Canal through Downtown Jersey City to just over the city line in Hoboken and is in two sections designated Hudson CountyCounty Route 637....
. Three elevated right of ways were built: one from the Bergen Arches
Bergen Arches
Bergen Arches is an abandoned railroad right of way through Bergen Hill in Jersey City, New Jersey.-History:...
to the Erie Railroad
Erie Railroad
The Erie Railroad was a railroad that operated in New York State, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, originally connecting New York City with Lake Erie...
Pavonia Terminal
Pavonia Terminal
Pavonia Terminal was the Erie Railroad terminal on the Hudson River situated on the landfilled Harsimus Cove in Jersey City, New Jersey.-History:The Erie began developing the waterfront site in 1856.The intermodal complex was built between 1886 and 1889...
, the Harsimus Stem Embankment
Harsimus Stem Embankment
The Harsimus Stem Embankment, also called Sixth Street Embankment, is a half-mile-long historic railroad embankment, now abandoned and largely overgrown with foliage, in the heart of Jersey City's historic downtown...
at 6th Street for the Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad was an American Class I railroad, founded in 1846. Commonly referred to as the "Pennsy", the PRR was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
(PRR), and another for its Jersey City Branch along Railroad Avenue (now Columbus Drive) to Exchange Place
Exchange Place, Jersey City
Exchange Place is a district of Downtown Jersey City, New Jersey that is sometimes referred to as "Wall Street West" due to the concentration of financial concerns which have offices there...
. The embankments and elevated lines separated adjoining neighborhoods. A small slip was created and still is called Harsimus Cove. Huge stockyards dominated the waterfront between the train terminals.
Harsimus' isolation was codified with gerrymandering, forming a horseshoe and creating a new nickname. The community consisted of Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
immigrants, many of them Irish, who worked on the railroad. Infuxes of Ellis Island
Ellis Island
Ellis Island in New York Harbor was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States. It was the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954. The island was greatly expanded with landfill between 1892 and 1934. Before that, the much smaller original island was the...
immigrants swelled the population. A vestige of the Slavic
Slavic peoples
The Slavic people are an Indo-European panethnicity living in Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe, North Asia and Central Asia. The term Slavic represents a broad ethno-linguistic group of people, who speak languages belonging to the Slavic language family and share, to varying degrees, certain...
character of the area remains at the Ukrainian National Home. To diminish the Democratic power base, Republican power brokers redrew the voting district to consist solely of the Horseshoe so that they may protect other seats from Democratic threat. In the 1910s the Horseshoe power base produced the infamous Mayor Frank Hague
Frank Hague
Frank Hague was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey from 1917 to 1947, Democratic National Committeeman from New Jersey from 1922 until 1949, and Vice-Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1924 until 1949.Hague has a widely-known...
who dominated the Hudson County
Hudson County, New Jersey
Hudson County is the smallest county in New Jersey and one of the most densely populated in United States. It takes its name from the Hudson River, which creates part of its eastern border. Part of the New York metropolitan area, its county seat and largest city is Jersey City.- Municipalities...
political machine and influenced city, county, state, and federal politics for most of the first half of the 20th century. In 1941 a large fire struck the Horsehoe waterfront.
Post industrial era
In the late 1950s container shipping in Port Newark supplanted railroad ports along waterfront, which by the 1970s were abdondoned, which in turn led to a decline of decline in population and economic activity. Urban renewal projects led to what was called slum clearance of tenements along Grove StreetGrove Street (Hudson County)
County Route 635 in Hudson County, New Jersey is a long street called Grove Street at its northern and southern ends and a newer name, Manila Avenue, in its middle section.- Grove Street :...
as well as the removal of the PRR elevated rail right of way. Middle, low income, and senior housing projects were developed. A section of Grove Street
Grove Street (Hudson County)
County Route 635 in Hudson County, New Jersey is a long street called Grove Street at its northern and southern ends and a newer name, Manila Avenue, in its middle section.- Grove Street :...
was re-named Manila Avenue in recognition of the city's resident Overseas Filipino
Overseas Filipino
An Overseas Filipino is a person of Philippine origin who lives outside of the Philippines. This term applies both to people of Filipino ancestry who are citizens or residents of a different country and to those Filipino citizens abroad on a more temporary status.Most overseas Filipinos migrate to...
, Henderson Street (renamed Marin Boulevard
Marin Boulevard
Luis Munoz Marin Boulevard is a street which runs from the Morris Canal through Downtown Jersey City to just over the city line in Hoboken and is in two sections designated Hudson CountyCounty Route 637....
for the first governor of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
Luis Muñoz Marín
Luis Muñoz Marín
Don José Luis Alberto Muñoz Marín was a Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician. Regarded as the "father of modern Puerto Rico," he was the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. Muñoz Marín was the son of Luis Muñoz Rivera, a renowned autonomist leader...
), to reflect the influx of Puerto Rican
Puerto Rican people
A Puerto Rican is a person who was born in Puerto Rico.Puerto Ricans born and raised in the continental United States are also sometimes referred to as Puerto Ricans, although they were not born in Puerto Rico...
and Filipino
Filipino American
Filipino Americans are Americans of Filipino ancestry. Filipino Americans, often shortened to "Fil-Ams", or "Pinoy",Filipinos in what is now the United States were first documented in the 16th century, with small settlements beginning in the 18th century...
residents, and Railroad Avenue to now Columbus Drive and acknowledge the still large Italian population.
The renewal did not effect the 19th century blocks which were not demolished. A historic preservation movement and real estate reinvestment led to Harsimus’s designation as a Historic District
Historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries, historic districts receive legal protection from development....
in 1987. Coveinence to mass transit and relatively affordable rents attracted an artistic community, some of whom converted buildings to live/work spaces. Zoning in the form of WALDO
Waldo
Waldo is a short story by Robert A. Heinlein originally published in Astounding Magazine in August 1942 under the pseudonym Anson MacDonald. It is available in the book Waldo & Magic, Inc., as well as other collections...
(or Work and Live District Overlay) were unsuccessful in preserving and stimulating the creation of an arts district within the area where large warehouses still remained, and have given way the Powerhouse Arts District
Powerhouse Arts District, Jersey City
The Powerhouse Arts District is a historic warehouse district in Downtown Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, which takes its name from the unused generating station Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse currently undergoing an extensive stabilization effort...
and the construction of residential highrises.
East of the neighborhood, the Lefrak Organization
Samuel J. LeFrak
Samuel J. LeFrak was a noted landlord who chaired a private building firm, the LeFrak Organization. The LeFrak Organization was also ranked 45th on the Forbes list of top 500 private companies. The development firm is best known for major development projects in Battery Park City, LeFrak City in...
obtained title to most of the disused Erie-Lackawanna land and began the development of Newport
Newport, Jersey City
Newport is a master-planned mixed use community in Jersey City, New Jersey, consisting of retail, residential, office, and entertainment facilities. Located on Jersey City's Hudson River waterfront, the new development is located opposite the World Financial Center in lower Manhattan. ...
, centered around the Port Authority Trans Hudson (PATH) Newport Station in the 1980s. To the south, the PRR
Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad was an American Class I railroad, founded in 1846. Commonly referred to as the "Pennsy", the PRR was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
abbatoir were also acquired. Development plans did not include extending the 19th century urban grid to the waterfront, but the construction of large parking decks at the former and strip mall
Strip mall
A strip mall is an open-area shopping center where the stores are arranged in a row, with a sidewalk in front. Strip malls are typically developed as a unit and have large parking lots in front...
at the latter. The first segment of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail
Hudson-Bergen Light Rail
The Hudson–Bergen Light Rail is a light rail system in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Owned by New Jersey Transit and operated by the 21st Century Rail Corporation, it connects the communities of Bayonne, Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken, Union City , and North Bergen.The system began...
opened in 2002, including the Harsimus Cove Station
Harsimus Cove (HBLR station)
Harsimus Cove is a station on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail located at Metro Plaza Drive in the Harsimus Section of Downtown Jersey City, New Jersey....
nearby the landmark Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse
The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse, also known as the Jersey City Powerhouse in Jersey City, New Jersey was built in 1908. The powerhouse made possible the subway system between New Jersey and New York for the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad . The powerhouse was closed in 1929 and used as...
.
See also
- New NetherlandNew NetherlandNew Netherland, or Nieuw-Nederland in Dutch, was the 17th-century colonial province of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands on the East Coast of North America. The claimed territories were the lands from the Delmarva Peninsula to extreme southwestern Cape Cod...
- CommunipawCommunipawCommunipaw is a section of Jersey City, New Jersey west of Liberty State Park and east of Bergen Hill, and site of one the earliest European settlements in North America. It gives its name to the historic avenue which runs from its eastern end near LSP Station through the neighborhoods of...
- Harsimus Branch
- Horseshoe, Jersey CityHorseshoe, Jersey CityThe Horseshoe section of Jersey City, New Jersey was the second ward, and was the home of the immigrants, tenements, and taverns. The Republican-controlled Legislature gerrymandered the district in 1871 to concentrate and isolate Democratic, and mostly Catholic, votes, thus preserving Republican...
- Jersey City and Harsimus CemeteryJersey City and Harsimus CemeteryJersey City and Harsimus Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in Jersey City, New Jersey. It was established in 1829 by the first cemetery company founded in the State of New Jersey and is the size of . The cemetery is an early example of Garden Style landscape cemeteries. The cemetery fell into...
- List of Registered Historic Places in Hudson County, New Jersey
- Historic Districts in Hudson County, New JerseyHistoric Districts in Hudson County, New JerseyHudson County, New Jersey has historic districts which have been designated as such on a municipal, state, or federal level, or combination therof. Some are listed on New Jersey Register of Historic Places and are included on National Register of Historic Places listings in Hudson County, New Jersey...
- New Netherland settlementsNew Netherland settlementsNew Netherland, or Nieuw-Nederland in Dutch, was the 17th century colonial province of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands on northeastern coast of North America. The claimed territory were the lands from the Delmarva Peninsula to southern Cape Cod. Settled areas are now part of...
- English NeighborhoodEnglish NeighborhoodThe English Neighborhood was the colonial-era name for the towns in eastern Bergen County, New Jersey, along the Hudson Palisades between the North River and the Hackensack River, particularly around its main tributary, Overpeck Creek. The region had been part of the Dutch New Netherland colony of...
- Achter Col
- Vriessendael
- Van Vorst TownshipVan Vorst Township, New JerseyVan Vorst was a township that existed in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, from 1841 to 1851. It was on the Hudson River, immediately south of downtown Jersey City and across from Manhattan....
- St. Mary High School (Jersey City, New Jersey)St. Mary High School (Jersey City, New Jersey)St. Mary High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, that operated as part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark until the school was closed in June 2011....