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editThe Van Vorsts were a prominent family who trace their North American roots the third superintendent of the patroonship Pavonia, whose bowery was located at Harsimus, where his widow built the first stone house in the colony on the shores of the North River (Hudson River) in 1647.[1] [2] Their descendants played an important role in the development Jersey City, establishing the Township of Van Vorst (including the namesake Van Vorst Park) which was later incorporated into it. Cornelius Van Vorst acted as mayor of Jersey City from 1860 to 1862 and built the landmark Barrow Mansion.[3]
The bluestone Van vorst House remained the family until 1866.[4]
5,001 square feet (0.1148 acres)[5]
References
- ^ Karnoutsos, Carmela. "Van Vorst Homestead site". New Jersey City University. Retrieved 2013-05-31.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Haff, Joseph O. (July 7, 1960). "Jersey City Searches 6 Months to Find Remains of 1647 House". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
- ^ Jersey City Past and Present, Barrow Mansion / Ionic House, Accessed 2013-06-02
- ^ "Van Vorst House, 531 Palisade Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ". Historic American Building Survey. Library of Congress. 1938. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
- ^ "531 Palisade Avenue". Trulia.com. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
Coordinate error
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The Van Vorst House is located at 531 Palisade Avenue, on the west side of the side between South and Bowrers.Djflem (talk) 10:37, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
Done. You know, Djflem, since you know where these places are located, you can use the GeoLocator tool to determine their coordinates exactly: Just Ctrl-click to put the marker in the right place (and drag it if you need to refine the position), then copy an appropriate {{coord}}template from the "Basic wikipedia/commons templates" or "More wikipedia templates" list at bottom left (adding a type parameter and refining the region code to "US-NJ"). If you need to, you can double-check the location with Google street view. Deor (talk) 10:56, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
