Union County Park Commission Administration Buildings
In April 1921, Superior Court Justice James J. Bergen was petitioned to appoint a temporary committee to study the feasibility of a parks commission. On April 30, a temporary commission was named and given $10,000.00 and two years to complete the study. Within five months, the group finished the study and returned $8,391.00 of the funds. The emphasis of the report was to move quickly, before the available open space was gone. On the November 8, 1921, ballot, voters were asked to approve a permanent five-member Park Commission and $2.5 million to be spent at the commission's discretion.
The Union County Department of Parks and Recreation now comprises 36 parks that encompass nearly 6,200 acres, including Elizabeth River Parkway, Passaic River Parkway, Rahway River Parkway, Warinanco Park, and Watchung Reservation
See also
References
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ "Union County Park Commission Administration Buildings". LandmarkHunter.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Union County Administration Buildings". NPS. October 17, 1985. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ "National Register of Historical Places - NEW JERSEY (NJ), Union County". www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "The Inception of a Parkway". Friends of Rahway River Parkway. Archived from the original on November 7, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
- ^ It Takes a Village... and a park commission, Friends of the Rahway River Parkway. Accessed August 14, 2017.