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Bergen Square, at the intersection of Bergen Avenue and Academy Street in Jersey City, is in the southwestern part of the much larger Journal Square district. A commercial residential area, it contains an eclectic array of architectural styles including 19th-century row houses, Art Deco retail and office buildings, and is the site of the longest continually-used school site in the United States.〔There has been a school at the northeast corner of Bergen Square since 1664. See (【引用サイトリンク】title=Walking Tour of the Bergen Square )〕〔Shalhoub, Patrick B (Oct. 1, 1995). Images of America: Jersey City. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-0255-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=GUWQLmEIGUwC&printsec=frontcover&hl=nl&source=gbs_book_similarbooks#.〕 Nearby are the Van Wagenen House (sometimes called the Apple Tree House) and Old Bergen Church, two structures from the colonial period. St. George & St. Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Church founded by early Egyptian immigrants was one of the original Coptic congregations in New Jersey.〔("Where Church Pews Replaced the Bar Stools" ). ''The New York Times''. (Retrieved 08-05-2008)〕 ==History== The square and the streets around it are the site of what is considered to the oldest municipality in the state of New Jersey which was first established in 1660〔, p. 62, accessed March 29, 2007.〕 A stipulation for the settlement was that a garrison be built so that homesteaders, whose farms spread out around the village, could retreat there in the event of an attack. The charter for the village gave it a semi-autonomous government, and it became the seat of government for the region, which included all the European settlements radiating from the west bank of the North River. In 1664, a negotiated surrender gave control of New Netherland to the English, who on September 22, 1668, recognized and confirmed original town charter.〔"The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 145.〕 In 1674, soon after English possession of New Netherland was formalized, the village at Bergen became part of the proprietary colony of East Jersey, and the "capital" of one four newly established administrative districts, Bergen County, where it remained until 1710, when the government moved to Hackensack. To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the town's founding in 1910, the New York Times sponsored a seven week composition competition for Jersey City students to study and write about its history. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bergen Square」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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