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 . . . — — Map (db m6881) HM
"The aim of the architect has evidently been to express in his design the metallic character and structural forms of the Ferryhouse. The entire exterior is to be covered with heavy copper. The frieze is in form of a deep girder, . . . — — Map (db m283481) HM
The most prominent architectural feature of the Hoboken Lackawanna Terminal, especially when approached from a distance on land or by water, was its tall clock tower. This element stood out from the horizontal massing of the train and ferry . . . — — Map (db m283490) HM
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) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6791) HM
The entire Hoboken Terminal, with the exception of the baggage wing, is built over water averaging about twenty feet deep. Below the water are layers of mud, sand, and gravel with a total thickness of about 100 feet; bedrock is at a depth of . . . — — Map (db m283485) HM
Hoboken Ferry Terminal had not been in use since November 27, 1967 when the ferry Elmira embarked for the last trip across the Hudson River. As a result, the entire building fell into serious disrepair. Over time, much of the unique beaux arts . . . — — Map (db m283486) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6883) HM
In 1904, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad commissioned Kenneth Mackenzie Murchison, an Ecole des Beaux Arts trained architect in private practice in New York City, to design a new terminal at Hoboken. His design was nearly complete . . . — — Map (db m283488) HM
Hoboken, New Jersey was Lenni Lenape Indian Territory until the 17th century. After the revolutionary war, Colonel John Stevens purchased the land, naming it The New City of Hoboken. when the sale of lots to the general public was not immediately . . . — — Map (db m283479) HM
We consecrate this place to honor and to remember the fifty-six citizens of Hoboken killed in the attacks of September 11, 2001.
May these grounds create consciousness and conversation across time and generations in the name of those lost. As the . . . — — Map (db m196649) HM
To the memory of those Hoboken soldiers who gave their lives in WWII for our freedom
Mayor David Roberts
James J Farina, City Clerk - Joseph Peluso, Director of Environmental Services - James Rogna, Project Manager
Hoboken City Council . . . — — Map (db m196168) WM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6879) HM
Designed in 1904-1906 for the Lackawanna Railroad by New York City architect Kenneth Murchison with engineers Charles Hurlbut and Lincoln Bush, the intermodal terminal complex opened in February 1907. The main buildings included the combined . . . — — Map (db m283484) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6880) HM
The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail's Hoboken Station stands on the former site of three Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) yard buildings. Designed by architect Frank Nies, the Coach House, Material Building, and Power House (later known as . . . — — Map (db m283564) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m6882) HM
Floating clubhouses for boat clubs and a floating public bath lined the waterfront in the late 1800s. The Valencia was on of the larger, more impressive buildings. Except for one, all were gone by the early 1900s as the waterfront industrialized. . . . — — Map (db m242088) HM
The historic Hoboken Ferry Terminal in Hoboken, NJ, has been restored to its original place on the Hoboken skyline - once again an iconic presence on the Hudson River. The original ferry terminal and clock tower were built by the Delaware, . . . — — Map (db m283491) HM
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) HM
Two major German passenger lines made Hoboken their American homeport from the 1870s to 1914: Hamburg-America Line and North German Lloyd Steamship Co. Their ocean liners, some of the largest and finest of the era, occupied six piers from Newark . . . — — Map (db m242257) HM
American Export Lines used Piers A, B and C for both passenger and cargo ships from the 1950s to about 1970. It was the last major company to use the piers; Hoboken’s era as a working seaport was ending due to a shift to containerized shipping, . . . — — Map (db m242155) HM
Hoboken’s founding father, Colonel John Stevens, designed an iron-clad warship in 1813 that his surviving sons attempter to build starting in 1843 in a drydock just south of Second Street near Hudson Street. Known as the Stevens’ Battery, it was . . . — — Map (db m242216) HM
The Hoboken waterfront is the home of a unique intermodal transit hub with commuter train, light rail, ferry, bus and subway service, plus taxis! It has connected the city to our region and New York since the 19th century. Centered at the restored . . . — — Map (db m242307) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m7252) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6860) HM
A natural spring was excavated on this site circa 1832-1836 by the Stevens family, principal landowners of Hoboken, and named Sybil’s Cave shortly thereafter. In the mid-20th century, Sybil’s Cave was abandoned and forgotten. In 2008, under the . . . — — Map (db m197134) HM
In honor of the men and women who gave their lives on September 11, 2001
And in recognition of the men and women of NJ Transit who came forward to serve on the tragic day. — — Map (db m281333) WM
Dedicated to the Valiant American Expeditionary Forces who embarked from this point to participate in the World War 1917-1918.
Erected by Hoboken Assembly Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus May 30, 1925.
[On the other side of the . . . — — Map (db m88729) WM
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 . . . — — Map (db m81101) HM
