Historical Markers and War Memorials in Hoboken, New Jersey
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On River Street at Hudson Place, on the right when traveling north on 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 . . . — — Map (db m6881) HM
On Washington Street at 11th Street on Washington Street.
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
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
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) HM WM
On 11th Street at Hudson Street, in the median on 11th Street.
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
On Maxwell Place at Frank Sinatra Drive on Maxwell Place.
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
On Sinatra Drive near Fourth Street, in the median.
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
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
On Sinatra Drive near Third Street, in the median.
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
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
Near Sinatra Drive near Newark Street, in the median.
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
On Bloomfield Street at 6th Street on Bloomfield Street.
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
On Frank Sinatra Drive, on the left when traveling north.
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
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
On Sinatra Drive at First Street, on the right when traveling north on Sinatra Drive.
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 boulder . . . — — Map (db m88729) WM
On Frank Sinatra Drive at 4th Street on Frank Sinatra Drive. Reported permanently removed.
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
