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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1900/00/00 Theodore Roosevelt Work The Palisades Interstate Park Commission is establish by governors Theodore Roosevelt of New York and Foster M Voorhees of New Jersey to protect the Palisades from quarry activities.
1900/00/00 George Walbridge Perkins Commission President The Palisades Interstate Park Commission is establish by governors Theodore Roosevelt of New York and Foster M Voorhees of New Jersey to protect the Palisades from quarry activities.
1900/00/00 Foster Voorhees Work The Palisades Interstate Park Commission is establish by governors Theodore Roosevelt of New York and Foster M Voorhees of New Jersey to protect the Palisades from quarry activities.
1900/09/00 Theodore Dreiser Author With notebook and pencil Dreiser makes a trip to the Palisades. After pondering the resolution of "Sister Carrie" for two hours on a overhanging shelf, he leaves the Palisades with "Sister Carrie" completed. Sister Carrie
1933/00/00 John D Rockefeller Jr Benefactor John D Rockefeller donates 700 acres of the Palisades' plateau to preserve the view from The Cloisters

Data »

Particulars for Palisades Interstate Park:
Area of Significance Conservation
Criteria Historic Event
Level of Significance National
Historic Use Park
Sight Category Site
Owner State



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 15th October 1966

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Palisades Interstate Park
Registry Address: W bank of the Hudson River
Registry Number: 66000890
Resource Type: Site
Owner: State
Area in Acres: 3139
Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Structures: 10
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, National Landmark boundary approved, Additional documentation
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Conservation
Applicable Criteria: Event
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1900
Historic Function: Landscape
Historic Sub-Function: Park
Current Function: Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Park

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