2024-07-312024-07-312011-06-26https://hdl.handle.net/10929/137995Hamilton Park is a vibrant neighborhood which includes a beautiful historic district with rows of Victorian brownstones from the post-Civil War era. It was initially called the Horseshoe because the Republican-controlled Legislature gerrymandered the district in 1871 to concentrate and isolate Democratic, and mostly Catholic, votes, thus preserving Republican dominance in the rest of the state. The curved shape of the district was said to resemble a horseshoe.Original file name Hamilton Park in Jersey City (2).jpg4298 x 2912Each photograph within this collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. Therefore, these photos may only be used in a way that is permitted by copyright and related rights legislation. The following terms of use for State Library patrons shall apply. 1. Educational Institution/student use is permitted as long as such usage adheres to all copyright and related rights legislation. In these instances, these photographs may only be used for educational or historical purposes. 2. Non-Commercial use is permitted without permission from the rights holder, as long as such use adheres to all copyright and related right legislation. 3. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for commercial purposes without the direct permission of the rights-holder. 4. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for political purposes. 5. Users must always give appropriate credit to the photographer. The credit may not in any way suggest the right's holder endorses the user or their use of the photographs. 6. Photographs may be copied or redistributed in any medium or format as long as such use does not violate copyright and related rights legislation. 7. Users may remix, transform, and rebuild upon the original photographs as long as it does not violate copyright and related rights legislation.Jersey CityHamilton Park NeighborhoodHamilton ParkU.S. National Register of Historic PlacesHamilton Park Historic DistrictU.S. Historic districtNew Jersey Register of Historic PlacesHudson CountyGatewayThe Gateway RegionNJ Gateway RegionNew Jersey Gateway RegionNew JerseyNjJerseyThe Garden State