New Jersey - Passaic County - Historic Districts
Passaic County New Jersey (Historic Districts) has 10 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Great Falls of Paterson/S.U.M. Historic District, Great Falls of the Passaic and Society for Useful Manufactures Historic District (Boundary Increase), Ringwood Manor, Botany Worsted Mills Historic District and Long Pond Ironworks.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Passaic County places including Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Ephraim Morris, Ephraim Beach, Welch, Smith & Provot, et al., Ludwig Kick, John Mervin Carrere and Fred Wesley Wentworth. Prominent architectural styles found in Passaic Country are Colonial Revival, Beaux Arts and Classical Revival.

Botany Worsted Mills Historic District (added 1991 - - #91000928)
Also known as Passaic Industrial Center, See also: Dundee Canal Indutial Historic District
80--82 and 90 Dayton Ave. and 6--32 Mattimore St. , Passaic
Johnzpublic, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District (added 1999 - - #98001640)
Also known as See also: Botany Worstead Mills Industial Historic District
George St., N along Dundee Canal, approx. 1.2 mi. to headgates opposite E. Clifton Ave. , Passaic
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kick, Ludwig, et.al.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Other
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Engineering, Architecture, Industry, Social History
Cultural Affiliation:
Euro-American
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private, Local, State
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Water Works
Current Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Water Works
Eastside Park Historic District (added 2004 - - #04000673)
Roughly bounded by 20th, Vreeland, and 11th Aves., E. 33rd St. and Mclean Bvd. , Paterson
Zeete, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Welch, Smith & Provot, et al., Wentworth, Fred Wesley
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Landscape, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Park, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Education, Landscape, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Park, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
Great Falls of Paterson/S.U.M. Historic District (added 1970 - - #70000391)
Also known as Great Falls of the Passaic/Society for Useful Manufacturers
At Passaic River , Paterson
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., L'Enfant,Pierre Charles
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation, Industry, Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Conservation Area, Energy Facility, Street Furniture/Object, Water Works
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Energy Facility, Park
Great Falls of the Passaic and Society for Useful Manufactures Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1986 - - #86001507)
Also known as Argus Mill;See Also:Great Falls of Paterson/S.U.M. Historic
6 Mill St. , Paterson
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Warehouse
Current Function:
Education
Long Pond Ironworks (added 1974 - - #74001189)
NE of West Milford on NJ 511 , West Milford
BotMultichillT, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1750-1799
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Morris Canal (added 1974 - - #74002228)
Irregular line beginning at Phillipsburg and ending at Jersey City , Not Applicable
Dschwen, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Morris,Ephraim, Beach,Ephraim
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering, Industry
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Passaic County Court House and United States Custom House and Post Office Historic District (added 2015 - - #15000443)
Paterson, Paterson
Hudconja, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Politics/Government, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1949 AD
Paterson Downtown Commercial Historic District (added 1999 - - #99000192)
Roughly bounded by Patterson, Ward and Gross Sts., and Hamilton Ave. , Paterson
Jared Kofsky, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et.al., Carrere, John Mervin
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture, Social
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Department Store, Financial Institution, Government Office, Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture, Social, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
City Hall, Department Store, Government Office, Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store, Theater
Ringwood Manor (added 1966 - - #66000471)
Also known as Ringwood Manor State Park
3 mi. E of Hewitt, Ringwood Manor State Park , Ringwood Borough
Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Industry
Cultural Affiliation:
American,Industrial
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
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