Attractions
Dedicated as a State Park in 1987, Long Pond Ironworks Museum is a 175-acre wooded site that contains the remains of an ironworks facility and worker’s village established in 1776. Today, visitors can stroll down walking trails that pass by 12 buildings still standing and the ruins of foundations among beautiful highlands scenery.
The Paterson Museum contains exhibits of natural history objects donated by local residents. Additionally, changing exhibits compliment the museum’s permanent displays. History buffs will find extensive documentary resources on city history, which include the papers of submarine inventory John Philip Holland, original manuscripts, and a photograph collection consisting of approximately 50,000 negatives and prints.
Constructed in 1892, Lambert Castle was the home and showplace of silk manufacturer Catholina Lambert. The 53-acre estate originally included a mansion, gatehouse, carriage-green house complex, and formal Italianate gardens. Four years later, an art gallery and observation tower were added. The property is now owned by the County of Passaic and is open for visitation.
The Great Falls / S.U.M. National Historic Landmark District is a 118-acre industrial historic site which is home to the largest and best example of early manufacturing mills in the U.S. It contains 18th, 19th, and 20th-century waterpower remnants, including a three-tiered water raceway system. At the district's core is the natural landmark Great Falls, the second largest waterfall by volume east of the Mississippi. The 77-foot tall falls, engineered raceways and mills form a complex that is unique and irreplaceable. It has been described as America's very first systematic attempt to develop extensive waterpower for manufacturing purposes.