Van Vorst Park
Van Vorst Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) | |
Location | Roughly bounded by Mercer, Wayne, Montgomery, Grove, Bright, Varick and Monmouth Streets, Jersey City, New Jersey |
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Coordinates | 40°43′7″N 74°2′53″W / 40.71861°N 74.04806°W |
Area | 7.7 acres (3.1 ha) |
Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
NRHP reference No. | 84000084[1] |
NJRHP No. | 1540[2] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 11, 1984 |
Designated NJRHP | August 2, 1978 |
Van Vorst Park is a neighborhood in the Historic Downtown of Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, centered on a park sharing the same name. The neighborhood is located west of Paulus Hook and Marin Boulevard, north of Grand Street, east of the Turnpike Extension, and south of The Village and Christopher Columbus Drive. Much of it is included in the Van Vorst Park Historical District.[3]
The park was a centerpiece of
The name Van Vorst comes from a prominent family in the area, the first of which arrived in the 1630s as superintendent of the
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Van Vorst Park is a two-acre city park bounded by Barrow Street on the east, Montgomery Street on the north, Jersey Avenue on the west and York Street on the south. The park was renovated in 1999 at a cost of two million dollars with money raised by the Friends of Van Vorst Park.[10]
See also
- List of neighborhoods in Jersey City, New Jersey
- List of Registered Historic Places in Hudson County, New Jersey
- Pavonia, New Netherland
- Odonyms in Hudson County, New Jersey
- Grace Church Van Vorst
Images
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View northeast to JC Main Library
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Heppenheimer Mansion at Montgomery and Jersey
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Madison on the Van Vorst Park at York and Barrow
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Water fountain in Van Vorst Park
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Vendors at Crafts Fair at Van Vorst Park
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Jersey City Main Library
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Hudson County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. July 7, 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
- ^ *Van Vorst Park Historical District
- ^ Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 148. Accessed June 26, 2013.
- ^ "Library Guides: Van Vorst Park: Van Vorst Park".
- ^ "Library Guides: Van Vorst Homestead Site: Van Vorst Homestead Site".
- ^ Hamilton Park Neighborhood and Historic District
- ^ JERSEY CITY POWERHOUSE TO UNDERGO FIRST PHASE OF LONG-AWAITED RESTORATION
- ^ The Pennsylvania Railroad Harsimus Branch Embankment, Jersey City, NJ Archived 2009-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Jersey City, Past and Present".