| New Jersey (Hudson County), Bayonne — Bergen Neck Fort |
| | Built by Americans, 1776, at the site of Bayonne. Occupied 1777 – 82 by Loyalist forces, who named it Fort Delancey. — Map (db m7698) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Hoboken — 77 River Street |
| | This site was once close to the geological edge of the Hudson River. This building, CIRCA 1889, close to major transportation was once Hoboken's largest commercial structure. Built as the Second National Bank, it housed a variety of uses, most notably the Hoboken Post Office, Library, Garibaldi Real Estate and Insurance Company and the Hudson Opera Association. Envisioned as condominiums by the Elysian Federal Bank through replication two and one-half stories were added creating living space . . . — Map (db m6881) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Hoboken — Baseball |
| | On June 19, 1846, the first match game of baseball was played here on the Elysian Fields between the Knickerbockers and the New Yorks. It is generally conceded that until this time, the game was not seriously regarded. — Map (db m6878) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Hoboken — Civil War Monument — Hoboken |
| |
Dedicated
May 30th - 1888
– Committee –
E.A. Stevens – G.A. Seide
James A. Greyer – Theophilus Butts
James Benson – B.F. Hart
F.W. Schroeder – John Eckstein
Erected
By the citizens of
Hoboken
In memory of their fallen heroes
1861 – 1965 — Map (db m6791) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Hoboken — Elysian Fields — New York’s First Central Park |
| | Fast, reliable ferry service run by the Stevens family brought New Yorkers to Hoboken in droves. To attract riders, the Stevens' turned the waterfront into a semi-public park. They opened paths, pavilions, and breath-taking views, and named it Elysian Fields, after the paradise of ancient mythology. It opened with fanfare on July 11, 1831. The park stretched from this site to Weehawken Cove. Sports games, rides, and outdoor events gave people reasons to return. Tens of thousands packed the park . . . — Map (db m6883) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Hoboken — Francis Albert Sinatra Birthplace — The Voice |
| |
Francis Albert Sinatra
The Voice
Born here
At 415 Monroe Street
December 12, 1915 — Map (db m6788) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Hoboken — Hudson River Bridge Cornerstone |
| |
The North River Bridge Co.
Ground broken June 8th, 1895
First foundation masonry
laid June 18th, 1895 — Map (db m6945) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Hoboken — Maxwell House Coffee Plant — From Field to Factory in Hoboken |
| | The Maxwell House Coffee Plant stretched along Hoboken's waterfront from Tenth to Twelfth Streets. It was a marvel of its time, the largest coffee processing plant in the world, and a local landmark. Before the plant was built in 1938-39, part of the site included key Hoboken landmarks. Among these were Turtle Cove and The Colonnade Pavilion, marking the entrance to Elysian Fields, a vast park and popular attraction. The first New York Yacht Club clubhouse was built here. The site is also regarded as the birthplace of modern baseball. — Map (db m6880) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Hoboken — New York Yacht Club — Home of the America’s Cup |
| | John Cox Stevens, an outgoing member of Hoboken's founding family and avid boater, organized the New York Yacht Club (NYYC) on July 30, 1844, and served as its first Commodore. He built the first clubhouse on this site at the foot of Tenth Street. Renowned architect A.J. Davis may have designed the Gothic-style cottage. NYYC meetings and its annual regatta took place here from 1845 to 1865. Stevens also built the yacht America and sailed it to England to race and win the first "America's . . . — Map (db m6882) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Hoboken — Sergeant William Fesken Memorial Field |
| |
In memory of
SGT William Fesken
Killed in action, Vietnam
May 2, 1967
And dedicated to all
Those who sacrificed their lives
In the Vietnam Conflict so that
Our country might live — Map (db m6790) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Hoboken — Stephen Foster House |
| |
Stephen Collins Foster
composer of
“Old Folks at Home”
and other immortal songs lived in this house during the year 1854.
It was while living here that “Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair” was published
June 5, 1854.
This is the only house standing today in which Stephen Foster is known to have lived. — Map (db m7252) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Hoboken — Stevens Institute of Technology |
| | This land was a part of the Island of Hoboken which was deeded on Feb. 15, 1663 by Peter Stuyvesant, Governor of Nieuw Amsterdam, for the benefit of his sister Anna, Widow of Samuel Bayard of Amsterdam.
In 1784, these 564 acres belonging to William Bayard, her great, great grandson, were declared forfeit because he had "joined the Army of the King of Great Britian," they were bought at public auction for £18,360 by Colonel John Stevens "Treasurer on Horseback" of the State of New Jersey . . . — Map (db m6860) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Hoboken — The Hudson School |
| | On this site stood the Martha Institute from 1866-1999. Built on land donated by Hoboken philanthropist Martha Bayard Stevens and named in her honor, the Martha Institute served as home to Hoboken's first German-American school, the Manual Trade School, Hoboken's first public high school, the Stevens Academy, andthe Normal School, a teacher training institute.
Inspired by the architecture of the Martha Institute, the present building was designed by Ehrenrantz, Eckstut and Kuhn and built by . . . — Map (db m6879) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Hoboken — World War II Memorial — In Honor of the Hoboken Residents Who Gave Their Lives for Freedom |
| |
Dedicated to those 153 Hoboken residents
Who made the ultimate sacrifice through
Seflfess acts of bravery, courage,
And loyalty to our great country
And the principles of democracy.
Mayor David Roberts
James J Farina, City Clerk
Hoboken City Council:
Theresa Castellano, President
A. Nono Giacchi, Vice-President
Peter J. Cammarano
Terry la Bruno
Ruben Ramos
Elizabeth Mason
Michael Russo
Peter Cunningham
Hoboken World War II
Memorial Fund Committee:
Mayor . . . — Map (db m6786) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Jersey City — Explosion at Liberty! |
| | On July 30, 1916, the Black Tom munitions depot exploded, rocking New York Harbor and sending sleeping residents tumbling from their beds.
The noise of the explosion was heard as far away as Maryland and Connecticut. On Ellis Island, terrified immigrants were evacuated by ferry to the Battery. Shrapnel pierced the Statue of Liberty (the arm of the Statue was closed to visitors after this). Property damage was estimated at $20 million. It is not known how many died.
Why the explosion? . . . — Map (db m6148) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Jersey City — Jack Roosevelt Robinson |
| | “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”
Jack Roosevelt Robinson
1919–1972
Jack Roosevelt Robinson, the first African-American to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball, played in his first minor league game in Jersey City, New Jersey. This statue, sculpted by Susan Wagner, commemorates that historic event.
Dedicated Wednesday, February 25, 1998
Rachel Robinson, Founder, Jackie Robinson Foundation
Leonard . . . — Map (db m6101) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Jersey City — Liberation |
| | Dedicated to America’s role of preserving freedom and rescuing the oppressed, this monument, by Natan Rapoport, of an American soldier carrying a World War II concentration camp survivor was gifted to the State of New Jersey through the generosity of thousands of people of good will. May 30, 1985. Liberty Park Monument Committee — Map (db m13295) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Jersey City — Morris Pesin’s Legendary Canoe Trip Which Launched Liberty State Park |
| | On the foggy, drizzly morning of June 13, 1958, Morris Pesin (1911-1992) made his historic 8 minute canoe trip to the Statue of Liberty with a Jersey Journal reporter to dramatize the close proximity of the Jersey City shoreline to Ms. Liberty. The newspaper story focused public attention on his ideas of public access from New Jersey to the Statue and of an open space family park rising up from the waterfront wasteland of decaying piers and abandoned railroad yards. Morris repeated the . . . — Map (db m13294) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Jersey City — Old Bergen Church |
| | The Old Bergen Church, a Dutch Reformed Church, is a classic blending of Greek Revival details and form, with New Jersey Dutch influences. Originally founded in 1662 at Bergen Avenue and Vroom Street, the church has undergone two rebuildings on this site, in 1773 and 1842, using many of the original stones.
Robert C. Janiszewski, County Executive
Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders — Map (db m6137) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Jersey City — Paulus Hook |
| | Washington’s “Flying Camp” here in 1776. Later fort held by British during entire war despite American attacks. — Map (db m7697) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Jersey City — The Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRRNJ) Terminal — Ferry Houses: Connecting People, Boats and Trains |
| | From 1864 until 1967: the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRRNJ) Terminal provided a vital link between the New Jersey and New York City shores. At its busiest, more than 200 ferry sailings transported tens of thousands of commuters and thousands of immigrants over the New York Harbor waters every day. In 1889, the CRRNJ built a single-story wooden ferry house, providing a functional and protective link for passengers walking between the ferry boats and the main building. This ferry house . . . — Map (db m13300) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Jersey City — The Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal |
| | This terminal was completed in June, 1889 and became fully operational on October 6, 1889. For almost 80 years it served as the main passenger terminal for the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey at this strategic Jersey City waterfront location. The terminal is the second to be located here. The first was a wooden structure which opened July 29, 1864 when the railroad was completed between Elizabethport and Jersey City, following the construction of a bridge across NewarkBay. Prior to the . . . — Map (db m13290) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Jersey City — U.S.S. Maine Memorial |
| | In Memoriam
U.S.S. Maine
Destroyed in Havana Harbor
February 15, 1898
This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine
Presented to the People of
Jersey City, N.J.
By
General Joseph Wheeler
Post No. 4 A.V.F.S.
September 20, 1913
Rededicated by
General Joseph Wheeler
Post No. 62 V.F.W.
September 20, 1975 — Map (db m6102) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Kearny — Major General Philip Kearny |
| | Erected by the town of Kearny Tercentenary Committee in memory of Major General Philip Kearny during the New Jersey Tercentenary year 1664 – 1964. — Map (db m6744) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Secaucus — Secaucus War Memorial |
| | For God and Country
in memory of
Joseph Hassenforder,
who made the supreme sacrifice
and in honor of the boys of
Secaucus
who served their country
in the World War
1917 ––– 1918
Erected by the citizens
of Secaucus, N.J.
[ Lower plaque ]
Raymond Frank Schopmann
Cpl, United States Army
Born November 9th, 1949
Casualty of the
Vietnam War
March 26th, 1968 — Map (db m25515) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Secaucus — Secaucus World War II Memorial |
| | In loving memory
of our war dead
These members of the
United States Armed Forces
gave their lives in World War II
to preserve us a free nation
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States
Armondo A. Alvino • Thomas G. Blondel • Howard Bokel • Anthony F. Fusco • Angus J. Gillis • Edward I. Ivanoski • Fred H. Koelle, Jr. • Louis A. Lanza • William C. Mansfield • Edmund R. Naters • Edward C. Riedel • Martin J. Sampson • Frank L. Schultz • Paul Shetik • Adrian H. Smit • . . . — Map (db m25519) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Weehawken — Death Rock of Alexander Hamilton |
| | Upon this stone rested the head of the patriot, soldier, statesman, and jurist Alexander Hamilton, after the duel with Aaron Burr. — Map (db m7332) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Weehawken — The Hamilton-Burr Duel — July 11, 1804 |
| | The most famous duel in American History took place on this date at the dueling grounds in Weehakken, between political rivals, General Alexander Hamilton and sitting Vice President of the United States, Colonel Aaron Burr. Hamilton fell mortally wounded, and died the next day in New York City. Tragically, Hamilton’s son Philip had also met his death here in a duel in 1801.
Dedicated on July 11, 2004, the 200th Anniversary of the Duel. — Map (db m7333) |
| New Jersey (Hudson County), Weehawken — Weehawken Dueling Grounds — 1700's – 1840's |
| | Somewhere below this site, on a wooded ledge twenty feet above the Hudson River, lay the dueling grounds. Among the many known and unknown duelists who fought here were Governor of New York, DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828), Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), Vice-President Aaron Burr (1756-1836) and U.S. Navy Commodore Oliver Perry (1785-1819). All came to Weehawken to defend their honor, according to the custom of the day.
Dedicated on July 11, 2004, the 200th Anniversary of the Hamilton-Burr Duel. — Map (db m7334) |
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