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Chapter 1: South Dublin Neighborhood Survey Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION A. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SCOPE these goals are set within a framework of recognizing OF WORK Dublin as a major gateway corridor to the Great Falls/ Society for Useful Manufacturers (S.U.M.) National This report describes the results of an intensive-level Historic Landmark District, listed in 1976, and the historic architectural survey of the southern section overlapping Paterson Great Falls National Historical of the Dublin neighborhood of the City of Paterson, Park, established by Congress in 2009 and now Passaic County, New Jersey (Figures 1.1 and 1.2). administered by the National Park Service. As such The Dublin neighborhood contains Paterson’s oldest this survey should be useful to thinking about this concentration of vernacular workers’ housing and is gateway area and its recommendations considered in thus an important complement to the nearby historic light of other planning projects, including the Greater industrial buildings and waterpower raceways at the Spruce Street Neighborhood Plan that was put for- Great Falls. Quite possibly, the Dublin neighborhood ward by the New Jersey Community Development represents the greatest concentration of mid-19th- Corporation in 2009.2 century urban factory workers’ housing in the State of New Jersey, and it certainly represents an unusual The National Park Service’s presence in Paterson is concentration of pre-Civil War urban workers’ hous- predicted to increase heritage tourism and promote ing that was not company-owned or associated with interest in commercial development of the Dublin the development of a single industry, as was the case neighborhood, particularly along Spruce Street and with many of New Jersey’s other early industrial the western end of Grand Street, which serve as the towns and villages. Additionally, Dublin is outstand- main approaches from Interstate 80 and N.J. Route ing for its long association with the immigrant experi- 19 to the Great Falls Welcome Center at the corner ence. In the 19th century, the neighborhood housed of Spruce Street and McBride Avenue near the Great substantial Irish, English, German and Italian ethnic Falls of the Passaic River. The City of Paterson desires groups, as well as smaller numbers of Scots, Swiss, to guide development within Dublin to be compat- Italians, Spanish and French. In more recent years, ible specifically with Paterson’s Great Falls Historic Dublin has been home to Puerto Rican, Dominican, District. To that end, this report identifies potential Peruvian and Serbian ethnic groups among others historic buildings and streetscapes in Dublin, makes who have added their identities to the neighborhood’s recommendations for additional survey as needed, and evolving cultural heritage. encourages appropriate treatment of historic resources through adoption of local planning and zoning tools The overarching goal of this survey is to provide data and taking advantage of existing state and federal and recommendations that can be used to guide and historic preservation programs. promote historic preservation of the Dublin neighbor- hood. This information is to be used “to inform his- Funding and support for this planning survey repre- toric preservation, cultural tourism, economic devel- sents the involvement of federal, state and municipal opment and overall community development planning governments. In January 2014, the City of Paterson efforts in the short and long term.”1 Specifically, Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) applied Page 1-1 HUNTER RESEARCH, INC. Legend South Dublin Study Area Historic Extent of Dublin Neighborhood 0 250 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 ± Feet Figure 1.1. General and Detailed Location of Study Area on USGS Quadrangle Map (outlined). Source: 7.5’ USGS Paterson, N.J. (1955 [photo revised 1981]). Page 1-2 H A INTENSIVE-LEVEL ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY: SOUTHT DUBLIN NEIGHBORHOOD, PATERSON,M NEW JERSEY S R I VE L LI T O O N S ST T SE RAS DEG 4710 4709 4711 J J E A R T C S S D K E N A M S Y R G 6101 O A S N I T N S S T T M 5901 A R S H A L L M S I T L 5905 L S T 5201 6115 ST ER AT SL 5902 F R G R A N D S T 5202 T to N S N EE J GR 1 9 S 5904 B WB Ramp SB to I-80 FR N J 19 F R I -8 0 W Legend B to N J FR I- South Dublin Study Area Boundary 1 80 E ± 9 B to N J N 19 SB B 0 100 200 400 600 800 SourcFe: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, R CNES/A Iirbus DS, USDA, USGS, AEX, Getmapping, Aerogrid, -8 Feet 0 IGN, IGP, s Ewisstopo, and the GIS User Community B to Figure 1.2. Tax Block and Lot Map of Surveyed Properties – South Dublin N Neighborhood. J 1 9 N B Page 1-3 HUNTER RESEARCH, INC. for and then received a Certified Local Government boundaries of a potential Dublin historic district if suf- (CLG) Grant-in-Aid from the New Jersey Department ficient historical integrity was determined to exist for of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Historic designation at the municipal, state or federal levels. Preservation Office (NJHPO). The CLG Program is jointly administered by the NJHPO and the U.S. As part of the CLG grant application, the HPC identi- Department of the Interior, National Park Service “to fied for survey a list of 266 properties (as defined by help communities save the irreplaceable character of tax block/lot) in the southern section of the Dublin places.”3 A Request for Proposals (RFP) for a quali- neighborhood. These 266 properties were considered fied cultural resources consultant to undertake the the first phase in a comprehensive historic architectur- survey was issued by the City of Paterson in May al survey of the entire Dublin neighborhood. The HPC 2015 (see Appendix A for the RFP and a detailed proposed to survey the northern section of the neigh- scope of work). In July 2015, Hunter Research, Inc. borhood in the project’s second phase, but the first was contracted with the City of Paterson to complete phase was to provide a historic context for the entire the survey. The scope of work included background Dublin neighborhood, not just the southern section. research, fieldwork and the preparation of this report following the NJHPO’s Guidelines for Architectural In August 2015, Hunter Research was retained by the Surveys in New Jersey.4 City of Paterson to complete the survey. Locational information on the 266 properties, including street Hunter Research’s Vice President and Principal addresses and tax lot and block numbers, were sup- Historian/Architectural Historian Patrick Harshbarger plied by the HPC to Hunter Research. This informa- served as project manager (see Appendix C for tion was cross-referenced by Hunter Research against resumes). He meets the Secretary of the Interior’s current tax maps, digital spatial data (NJDEP GeoWeb Professional Qualifications for historians and archi- GIS) and Google maps. The list was updated as tectural historians (36 CFR 61). needed to reflect new information and then field veri- fied. Survey teams noted that some individual tax lots had multiple street addresses and buildings. This often B. RESEARCH DESIGN occurred at corner lots where two physically distinct buildings might share the same lot but face onto dif- The preliminary research design for this project was ferent streets. This eventually increased the number of developed by the HPC in order to apply for the CLG properties to be surveyed as defined by street address grant. The HPC’s application emphasized a significant (as opposed to tax block/lot) to 274 properties (Table preservation data gap when it came to planning for 1.1). the Dublin neighborhood’s future. The HPC had at its disposal data from prior surveys (described in greater Hunter Research entered spatial data into ArcGIS detail below) but these data were not considered software to create site location maps and populate an comprehensive and they certainly did not capture the MS-Access NJHPO project database that was used to present-day realities on the ground since much of the compile data and generate survey forms. The metadata information was gathered in a series of surveys and description tax parcels was acquired from the City of planning exercises undertaken from the mid-1970s to Paterson. the mid-1990s. The impact of demolition and altera- tions to the historical integrity of older building fabric was a specific concern. Another concern was for the Page 1-4 INTENSIVE-LEVEL ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY: SOUTH DUBLIN NEIGHBORHOOD, PATERSON, NEW JERSEY Table 1.1. List of Surveyed Properties - South Dublin Neighborhood Study Area (August 2015). High # Street Name Block Lot Common Name (if known) 305 Grand St 4711 20 Higuey Motors (Used Car Lot) Grand St 4711 19 Higuey Motors (Used Car Lot) 309 Grand St 4711 18 Valine City Cafe 318 Grand St 5905 35 Low Down Payment Auto Insurance Grand St 5905 36 R&R Appliance Grand St 5905 37 Inner City Bail Bonds; Certified Cuts Barber Shop Grand St 4710 23 Peking Garden II; Laundromat Grand St 5905 38 Grand Grocery 329 Grand St 4710 22 Jacksonville Restaurant (closed) 328 Grand St 5905 39 Los Hidalgo Embarque; Globus Cafe Grand St 4710 21 Maritza's Beauty Shop Jacksonville Restaurant (closed) - rear addition and patio with entrance on Marshall 333 Grand St 4710 18 Street Grand St 5905 40 Amigo Travel Express Grand St 4710 20 Taqueria Breda Lee 3 Grand St 5905 41 Grand Hardware (Grand Street entrance) Grand St 4710 19 Big Papi's Pizza & Island Grill Grand St 5905 1 Grand Hardware (Marshall Street entrance) 341 Grand St 4709 21 Passaic County Safety Complex (Grand Street entrance) Grand St 5901 33 Parking lot for Grand Hardware 344 Grand St 5901 34 Grand Hardware
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