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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM460_bergen-county-court-house-bergen-county-old-jail_Hackensack-NJ.html
[Bergen County Court House Side]:James Riely Gordon (1863-1937), noted architect of public buildings used the Beaux Arts style to reflect the power and dignity of American institutions of government and justice. Ground was broken November 29, 1909…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45Y_the-green_Hackensack-NJ.html
Hackensack was a small village centered around The Green which served as a strategic point during the American Revolution.
Washington headquartered here in November 1776 while he surveyed the local roads and bridges.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45X_the-green_Hackensack-NJ.html
Gift of John Berry, 1696. It became the village center of New Barbadoes Township, now Hackensack. Later a public park.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45W_brinkerhoff-house_Wood-Ridge-NJ.html
Located in old "Polifly", George Brinkerhoff built this house about 1792 on a 200 acre farm he purchased in 1784. Owned in 1806 by son Henry G. and in 1849 by his son, Enoch, a N.J. Assemblyman. In the 1870's, great-grandson Henry E. remodeled the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45V_john-i-hopper-house_Hackensack-NJ.html
Built in 1818, by John I. Hopper in old "Polifly", this Federal style house stands on land purchased in 1694 by his great-grandfather Hendrick. The farm remained in the Hopper family for seven generations. Slaves lived in the kitchen wing on the n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45U_teterboro-airport_Teterboro-NJ.html
The home of Gates Flying Circus. Teterboro built Fokker tri-motors flown by Richard E. Byrd over the North Pole (1926); South Pole (1929); Atlantic (1927); and by Amelia Earhart over Atlantic (1928). Clarence Chamberlin, Ruth Nichols, Floyd Bennet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM44T_u-s-s-maine-memorial_Rutherford-NJ.html
In MemoriamU.S.S. MaineDestroyed in Havana HarborFebruary 15th 1898
This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine
Pro Patria
Erected bythe school children andcitizens of Rutherfordunder the auspices ofJohn T. Hilton Camp …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM44Q_historic-first-reformed-church_Hackensack-NJ.html
Earliest records of this pioneer Dutch church, dated 1686, mark it as the second oldest in New Jersey. Old stones embedded in the east wall show the initials of founding families and first settlers.The old burying ground contains the grave of Gene…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM44M_bank-house_Hackensack-NJ.html
Erected about 1831 by the Washington Banking Company. The first bank in present Bergen County, it opened in the nearby Mansion House in 1825-26. After the bank failed in 1833, it housed the offices of prominent lawyers and judges. Later the home o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM44K_gen-enoch-poor_Hackensack-NJ.html
Regarded by Washingtonand Lafayette as a greatgeneral. He died nearby in1780 and lies buried inthe Reformed Churchyard.