Bergen Square

Bergen Square, at the intersection of Bergen Avenue and Academy Street in Jersey City, is in the southwestern part of the much larger Journal Square district.^[1]^[2] A commercial residential area, it contains an eclectic array of architectural styles including 19th-century row houses, Art Deco retail and office buildings, and is the site of the longest continually-used school site in the United States.^[3]^[4]^[5] Nearby are the Van Wagenen House (sometimes called the Apple Tree House) and Old Bergen Church, two structures from the colonial period. St. George & St. Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Church founded by early Egyptian immigrants was one of the original Coptic congregations in New Jersey.^[6]

^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved April 21, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Bergen Square with map of early village". Forgotten-NY.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
^ There has been a school at the northeast corner of Bergen Square since 1664. See "Walking Tour of the Bergen Square". Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2009. On the northeast corner of Bergen Square stands P.S. 11 (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School). In 1664 the first schoolhouse was built on this lot. From 1790 to 1857 the Columbia Academy stood here until it was replaced by the first of three public schools.
^ Shalhoub, Patrick B (October 1, 1995). Images of America: Jersey City. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-0255-2. Archived from the original on April 21, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
^ "NEW-JERSEY.; Laying the Corner-Home of a New Academy at Bergen--History of the Old Building" (PDF). The New York Times. July 29, 1858. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 19, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
^ "Where Church Pews Replaced the Bar Stools" Archived October 24, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. The New York Times. (Retrieved 08-05-2008)

[1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved April 21, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Bergen Square with map of early village". Forgotten-NY.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2017.

[jclandmarks-3] There has been a school at the northeast corner of Bergen Square since 1664. See "Walking Tour of the Bergen Square". Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2009. On the northeast corner of Bergen Square stands P.S. 11 (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School). In 1664 the first schoolhouse was built on this lot. From 1790 to 1857 the Columbia Academy stood here until it was replaced by the first of three public schools.

[4] Shalhoub, Patrick B (October 1, 1995). Images of America: Jersey City. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-0255-2. Archived from the original on April 21, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2016.

[5] "NEW-JERSEY.; Laying the Corner-Home of a New Academy at Bergen--History of the Old Building" (PDF). The New York Times. July 29, 1858. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 19, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2018.

[6] "Where Church Pews Replaced the Bar Stools" Archived October 24, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. The New York Times. (Retrieved 08-05-2008)

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