Eastside Park (neighborhood), Paterson

The Eastside Park Historic District is a residential neighborhood in the Eastside of Paterson, New Jersey. The Eastside Park section of the city is generally defined as the area of the city bordered by Vreeland Avenue and East 33rd Street (both part of the "old" York Road) to the west, 20th Avenue to the south, McLean Boulevard (Route 20) to the east, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Way (Broadway) to the north. The Eastside Park section is delineated from the Manor section of the city by Broadway, which becomes Route 4 before crossing the Passaic River into Elmwood Park (formerly East Paterson) in Bergen County.

This article is about the neighborhood in Paterson, New Jersey. For the actual park, see Eastside Park (Paterson). For the park in Omak, Washington, see Eastside Park (Omak, Washington).
Eastside Park Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by 20th, Vreeland, and 11th Aves., E. 33rd St. and Mclean Blvd., Paterson, New Jersey
Coordinates40°54′50″N 74°8′24″W
Area300 acres (120 ha)
Built1888 (1888)
ArchitectFred Wesley Wentworth; Welch, Smith & Provot; John Y. Culyer
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Tudor Revival, et al.
NRHP reference No.04000673[1]
NJRHP No.2372[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 7, 2004
Designated NJRHPMay 10, 2004

Once the home of the city's industrial and political leaders, the neighborhood experienced a significant downturn as industry fled Paterson. In recent years, people have begun moving back into the neighborhood and are restoring some of the area's historic houses.[3][4][5] The jewel of the neighborhood remains Eastside Park and the mansions that surround it. In addition, this section of Paterson once had a large Jewish population, with the original sites of Barnert Temple and Temple Emanuel both situated in the section. The Eastside Park neighborhood now houses the Paterson campus of the Islamic Center of Passaic County, one of the largest Muslim communities in the United States, which serves a congregant base of over 25,000 people.

The Eastside Park Historic District, a state and nationally registered historic place, is situated across both the Eastside Park and Manor sections of the city.[6] The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 7, 2004.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Passaic County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. November 22, 2013. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 16, 2014.
  3. "Mansions Are at Home in Eastside Park - WSJ". wsj.com. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  4. BARBARA WILLIAMS. "A lot of house for the money in Eastside Park, Paterson - Business - NorthJersey.com". northjersey.com. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  5. "Spotlight: Eastside Park, Paterson, New Jersey | LegalTowns". legaltowns.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  6. "NRHP Nomination: Eastside Park Historic District". National Park Service. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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