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Jersey City also has 12 charter schools, which are run under a special charter granted by the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education, including the Mathematics, Engineering, Technology and Science Charter School (for grades 6–12) and the Dr. Lena Edwards Charter School (for K–8), which were approved in January 2011. [345]
St. Patrick's Parish and Buildings is a historic church on Grand Street, Ocean and Bramhall avenues in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. [3] It was built in 1868 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The stained glass windows in the church were destroyed in the Black Tom explosion of 1916. [4]
View of the waterfront of Downtown Jersey City, dubbed Wall Street West, [1] at sunset View of Downtown Jersey City from Liberty State Park View of Downtown focused around the Goldman Sachs Tower. Downtown is an area of Jersey City, New Jersey, which includes the Historic Downtown and the Waterfront.
The Grace Church Van Vorst, is located in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 1, 1979. The church was built in 1853 and was named after the former Van Vorst Township. [3]
The Van Vorst House is a colonial-era residence in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA, located at 531 Palisade Avenue in The Heights. [1] The stone house was built c.1740–1742 by descendants of the first settlers in the region. It is arguably the oldest building in Jersey City. [2] [3] [4] [5]
In 1996, the house was on Preservation New Jersey's 10 Most Endangered Historic Sites list. [10] The city of Jersey City purchased the building in 1999 for $450,000 and has been working to improve the condition of the building. [2] The New Jersey Historic Trust gave Jersey City a grant in 2006 for interior restoration and accessibility ...
The area of the West End once was divided by a creek (or stream) known as Bergen Creek, Harsimus Creek or Mill Creek. To the east of the creek (approximately where the railroad runs between Grand Street and Wayne Street), was Harsimus Island, corrupted from "Ashki'muis", Lenape for "sea maize" [1]
Dixon Mills is a residential complex in Jersey City, New Jersey that uses the buildings of the former location of the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, which was in use between 1847 and 1895. [1] There is a small museum with artifacts from the building and its history in the lobby of the complex. [2]