Copy of HABS Report N.J. 123 for the USDA Plant Quarantine Building, 209 River St., Hoboken. (Demolished ca. 2000)
Entry/Object ID
2001.177.0001
Scope and Content
Copy of Historic American Building Survey (HABS) Report N.J. 123 for the U.S.Department of Agriculture Plant Quarantine Building, 209 River St., Hoboken. (Demolished ca. 2000)
Enclosure: 1998 memorandum with transmittal of report.
Acquisition
Accession
2001.177
Source or Donor
National Park Service
Acquisition Method
Donation
Credit Line
Museum Collections.
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1995
Archive Notes
Early Create Date: 1995
Date(s): 1995
Level of Description: Item
General Notes
Note
Display Value: Good
Notes: Library of Congress description of survey.
U.S.D.A. Plant Quarantine Building, 209 River Street, Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ
Medium
Photo(s): 65 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 83 plus cover page
Photo Caption(s): 11
Call Number
HABS NJ,9-HOBO-9
Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS NJ-1231
Building/structure dates: 1940 initial construction
See also HAER No. NJ-63, Hoboken Piers Headhouse
Significance: Constructed in 1940 to carry out the provisions of the National Plant Quarantine Act of 1912, the USDA Plant Quarantine Building is significant as an excellent example of a government building designed in the Art Deco style under the Works Progress Administration. The building is also important as a hub of maritime activity and the agricultural commodity trade. The function of the building was to allow for the detection and removal of plant pests that may be harbored on imported plant material. Plant pathologists at Hoboken became responsible for disease determination for nineteen ports in a territory extending from New York south to Norfolk, Virginia and west to Chicago, Illinois.
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2003-05-22
