National Register of Historic Places - New Jersey (NJ), Passaic County

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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