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{{Short description|Populated place in Passaic County, New Jersey, US}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Eastside Park Historic District
| nrhp_type = hd | nocat = yes
| image = Eastside Park Historic District sign, Paterson, NJ.jpg
| caption = Entrance to [[Eastside Park (Paterson)|Eastside Park]]
| location= Roughly bounded by 20th, Vreeland, and 11th Avenues, E. 33rd Street and Mclean Boulevard, [[Paterson, New Jersey]]
| coordinates = {{coord|40|54|50|N|74|8|24|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = USA New Jersey Passaic County#New Jersey#USA
| built = {{Start date|1888}}
| architect = [[Fred Wesley Wentworth]]; Welch, Smith and Provot; [[John Y. Culyer]]
| architecture = Colonial Revival, [[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor Revival]]
| added = July 7, 2004
| area = {{convert|300|acre}}
| refnum = 04000673<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a|refnum=04000673}}</ref>
| designated_other1_name = New Jersey Register of Historic Places
| designated_other1_abbr = NJRHP
| designated_other1_link = New Jersey Register of Historic Places
| designated_other1_date = May 10, 2004
| designated_other1_number = 2372<ref name=NJRHP>{{cite web | title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Passaic County | url=https://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/Passaic.pdf#page=6 | publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]] - Historic Preservation Office | page=6 | date=December 28, 2020 }}</ref>
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
| designated_other1_color = #ffc94b
}}
'''Eastside Park''' is a residential neighborhood in the [[Eastside, Paterson|Eastside]] of [[Paterson, New Jersey]]. The Eastside Park section of the city is generally defined as the area of the city bordered by Vreeland Avenue and East 33rd Street (both part of the "old" [http://www.historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMM3Q_the-york-road_Paterson-NJ.html York Road]) to the west, 20th Avenue to the south, McLean Boulevard ([[State Route 20 (New Jersey)|Route 20]]) to the east, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Way (Broadway) to the north. The Eastside Park section is delineated from the Manor section of the city by Broadway, which becomes [[State Route 4 (New Jersey)|Route 4]] before crossing the [[Passaic River]] into [[Elmwood Park, New Jersey|Elmwood Park]] (formerly East Paterson) in [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen County]].
==History==
Once the home of the city's [[Paterson, New Jersey#Industrial growth|industrial]] and political leaders, the neighborhood experienced a significant downturn as industry fled Paterson. In recent years, people have begun moving back into the neighborhood and are restoring some of the area's historic houses.<ref name="wsj">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303802904579334890179348668|newspaper=wsj.com|title=Mansions Are at Home in Eastside Park - WSJ|access-date=2016-11-27}}</ref><ref name="northjersey">{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/a-lot-of-house-for-your-money-1.1018405?page=all|author=BARBARA WILLIAMS|publisher=northjersey.com|title=A lot of house for the money in Eastside Park, Paterson - Business - NorthJersey.com|access-date=2016-11-27}}</ref><ref name="wordpress">{{cite web|url=https://legaltowns.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/spotlight-east-side-park-paterson/|publisher=legaltowns.wordpress.com|title=Spotlight: Eastside Park, Paterson, New Jersey &#124; LegalTowns|access-date=2016-11-27}}</ref> The jewel of the neighborhood remains [[Eastside Park (Paterson)|Eastside Park]] and the mansions that surround it. In addition, this section of Paterson once had a large Jewish population, with the original sites of [[Barnert Temple]] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818140921/http://www.preservationnj.org/site/ExpEng/index.php?%2Ften_most%2Farchive_by_name_detail%2F2007%2FTemple_Emanuel Temple Emanuel] both situated in the section. The Eastside Park neighborhood now houses the Paterson campus of the [http://www.icpcnj.org/ Islamic Center of Passaic County], one of the largest Muslim communities in the United States, which serves a congregant base of over 25,000 people.
==Historic district==
The '''Eastside Park Historic District''' is a [[historic district (United States)|historic district]] situated across both the Eastside Park and Manor sections of the city. It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on July 7, 2004, for its significance in architecture, landscape architecture and community planning. The district includes 790 [[contributing buildings]].<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=04000673}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Eastside Park Historic District |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|first1=Phillip S. |last1=Esser |first2=Paul D. |last2=Graziano |date=August 7, 2003 }} With {{NRHP url|id=04000673|photos=y|title=accompanying 77 photos}}</ref>
==Gallery==
<gallery heights=160px widths=240px mode="nolines">
File:Van Buren House, Eastside Park, Paterson, NJ.jpg|Charles Van Buren farmhouse, the White House
File:620 Park Avenue, Eastside Park, Paterson, NJ.jpg|[[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor Revival style]] house
File:630 Park Avenue, Eastside Park, Paterson, NJ.jpg|Italian Renaissance style house
File:Eastside Park Historic District, Paterson, NJ - 01.jpg|Tudor Revival style house
</gallery>
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==External links==
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[[Category:Neighborhoods in Paterson, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Passaic County, New Jersey]]
[[Category:New Jersey Register of Historic Places]]
[[Category:Fred Wesley Wentworth buildings]]
[[Category:Tudor Revival architecture in New Jersey]]