Westside Park (Paterson, New Jersey)

Historic house in New Jersey, United States

United States historic place

Van Houten House

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

New Jersey Register of Historic Places

Van Houten House seen on December 23, 2011

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Location| 114–242 Totowa Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey
Coordinates| 40°54′48″N 74°11′25.8″W﻿ / ﻿40.91333°N 74.190500°W﻿ / 40.91333; -74.190500
Built| 1831 (1831)
Architectural style| Greek Revival, Dutch Design
NRHP reference No.| 73001132[1]
NJRHP No.| 2401[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP| March 7, 1973
Designated NJRHP| August 7, 1972

Westside Park is a 26.6-acre (10.8 ha) municipal park located between the Passaic River and Totowa Avenue in the city of Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.[3][4] It is home to the historic Van Houten House, which was built in 1831 and was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1936.[5] The two-story brick house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1973, for its significance in architecture (Dutch Colonial) and urban planning.[1][6]

## History and description

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After his marriage in 1741, Gerrebrant Van Houten built a brick farmhouse with a frame addition on this site. His son, Dirck lived here during the American Revolutionary War. General George Washington visited here while he was staying at the Dey Mansion in 1780. The original house burned in 1830, and Dirck's son Adrian rebuilt and enlarged it in 1831. After Adrian's death in 1855, the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures (S.U.M.) bought the house. The Van Houten House was purchased by the city of Paterson in 1889.[5][6][7]

Footbridge over the Passaic River

## See also

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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Passaic County, New Jersey

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#73001132)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Passaic County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection \- Historic Preservation Office. March 30, 2023. p. 9\. "listed as the Van Houten House"
3. ^ "Passaic County provides funding for plan to renovate Paterson's West Side Park". Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
4. ^ "Lecture Series: Van Houten House: Paterson's 18th Century Legacy". Dey Mansion Washington's Headquarters, 1780. January 12, 2018.
5. ^ a b "Van Houten House". Historic American Buildings Survey. 1936.
6. ^ a b Ferensick, George (February 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Van Houten House". National Park Service. With accompanying photo
7. ^ "Van Houten House". New Jersey Historic Trust. 2019.

## External links

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* Media related to Westside Park (Paterson, New Jersey) at Wikimedia Commons
* Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NJ-120, "Van Houten House, Totowa Avenue, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ", 5 photos, 10 measured drawings, 4 data pages

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Landmarks|

* Pietro and Maria Botto House
* Great Falls of the Passaic River Historic District
* Hinchliffe Stadium
* Ringwood Manor

Districts|

* Botany Worsted Mills Historic District
* Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District
* Eastside Park Historic District
* Long Pond Ironworks
* Passaic County Court House and United States Custom House and Post Office Historic District
* Paterson Downtown Commercial Historic District

Places of
worship|

* Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
* St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
* St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church
* St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church

Houses|

* Ailsa Farms
* Aycrigg Mansion
* Belle Vista
* Frederick William Cooke Residence
* Dey Mansion
* John W. Ferguson House
* Garritse–Doremus–Westervelt House
* John W. Rea House
* Schuyler–Colfax House
* Reynier Speer House
* Daniel Thompson and John Ryle Houses
* Van Riper–Hopper House
* Van Houten House
* John and Anna Vreeland House

Buildings|

* Danforth Memorial Library
* Kossuth Street School
* Morris Canal
* Passaic Elks Club
* Paterson City Hall
* People's Bank and Trust Company Building
* Public School Number Two
* Reinhardt Mills
* Skylands
* U.S. Animal Quarantine Station

Sites|

* Goffle Brook Park

Structures|

* Arch Street Bridge over the Passaic River
* Clinton Furnace
* Straight Street Bridge over the Passaic River

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Passaic County, New Jersey and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey
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