The Municipal Council of the City of Bayonne finds and determines that the property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history as follows:

a. The structure on the property was constructed in 1907-08 as office space for the Babcock and Wilcox Companys adjacent manufacturing facility.

b. Babcock and Wilcox manufactured steam boilers for both industrial and military use, and also manufactured power systems for the United States War and Navy Departments during both World Wars I and II.

c. In 1946, the building was acquired by the Divera Sportswear Company, and was converted to factory use.

d. In 1948, the building was acquired by the Maidenform Brassiere Company, which used the building for the manufacture of womens clothing.

e. The building currently houses apartments for senior citizens in the former factory space and is known currently as Senior Horizons.

(Ord. No. O-06-13 § 1)

The Municipal Council further finds that the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction represents the work of a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction by the following:

a. The building is a three and a half (3 1/2) story tall, rectangular red brick building with a limestone base and trim, and is designed in the Commercial style as a simply, rectangular block, metal framed, with large, variously paned windows grouped in bays along each facade.

(Ord. No. O-06-13 § 1)

The Municipal Council further finds and determines that the property meets the criteria for historic designation for the following reasons:

a. The property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history.

b. The property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction.

(Ord. No. O-06-13 § 1)

74.Lexington Avenue and known as Block 372, Lot 1.01 is hereby designated a Historic Landmark in accordance with Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S. 40:55D-1 et seq., and Chapter 37, Historic Preservation, of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Bayonne. (Ord. No. O-06-13 § 1)

This designation shall be noted on the Zoning Map of the City of Bayonne and filed with the City Tax Assessor. (Ord. No. O-06-13 § 1)

The Municipal Council of the City of Bayonne finds and determines the following:

a. The Despestre-OBrien-Zeik House is a Second Empire or Mansard Style, is a three-story, single-family residence built between 1871 and 1873.

b. It is in the public interest to preserve the historic and architectural and aesthetic elements of the Despestre-OBrien-Zeik House within the parameters of the Historic Preservation Ordinance of the City of Bayonne.

(Ord. No. O-06-45 § 1)

The Municipal Council further finds that the features key to the house's architectural significance include, but are not limited, to the following:

a. Features key to the dwelling's architectural significance include:

1. The roof includes original slate shingles and an original skylight.

2. The house includes replacement windows in the same positions as the original windows.

3. Covered with original cedar shakes, and original sawed ornamental gingerbread trim remains all around the roofline, framed around the windows and over the cover porch.

4. House includes original basement windows.

5. Three original marble mantled fireplaces.

6. A coal room and a bathroom in the basement are original to the structure.

7. Ornamental elements include a three-story curved banister.

8. Original oak parquet and pine floors, tins ceilings, ornamental moldings, original wooden doors and decorative radiators with covers.

b. The property has an original flagstone wall and two (2) step-ways leading to the property also contained in some of the original flagstone and the brick found is original.

c. The slate sidewalks are likewise key to the property and reflective of the period.

(Ord. No. O-06-45 § 1)

The Municipal Council further finds and determines that the Depestre-O'Brien-Zeik House meets the criteria for historic designation for the following reasons:

a. It is one of the few remaining houses of its period remaining in Bayonne and is an excellent and well-preserved example of the Second Empire or Mansard Style of architecture, popular in America from the 1860s to the 1890s.

b. The main dwelling house has not been architecturally altered, however, it is noted that an additional porch at the rear of the house dating from the 1960s and a lift that is still on the property, but no longer is attached to the structure. The rear porch and the lift are noncontributing elements.

(Ord. No. O-06-45 § 1)

The Depestre-O'Brien-Zeik House, located at 104-106 West 8th Street and known as Block 286, Lot 37, is hereby designated a Historic Landmark in accordance with Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S. 40:55D-1 et seq., and Chapter 37, Historic Preservation, of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Bayonne. (Ord. No. 0-06-45 § 1)

This designation shall be noted on the Zoning Map of the City of Bayonne and filed with the City Tax Assessor. (Ord. No. 0-06-45 § 1)

The Municipal Council of the City of Bayonne finds and determines the following:

a. The original Robbins Reef Light Station which is located on the West Side, Main Channel, Upper New York Bay, in the territorial waters of Bayonne, southeast of the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor, was established and constructed in 1839. The current light station was built in 1883.

b. The Robbins Reef Light Station is historically significant for the City of Bayonne and for all of Hudson County, New Jersey. It is also on the National and State Registers of Historic Places for its association with the efforts of the Federal government to provide an integrated system of navigational sites throughout the United States, and in promoting maritime transport safety in and around the ports in northern New Jersey and New York City.

c. It is in the public interest to preserve the historic elements of the Robbins Reef Light Station within the parameters of the Historic Preservation Ordinance of the City of Bayonne

(Ord. No. O-07-19 § 1)

The Municipal Council further finds that the features key to the house's architectural significance include, but are not limited, to the following:

a. The current lighthouse includes a 48-foot superstructure that sits atop a masonry pier. Its pier is about forty-five (45) feet in diameter and built of granite blocks.

b. The lighthouse pier's foundation was built according the nineteenth century engineering methods developed in England for light towers at wave-swept, offshore location. This interlocking stone block style of pier is the first one of its type constructed in the United States. Its durability in design inspired the construction of several other offshore lights with similar pier foundations.

c. The light station's existing cast iron tower is historically significant as a well preserved example of a sparkplug lighthouse build in 1882. It replaced the original masonry tower that was removed in the late nineteenth century. The sparkplug light tower was an important advance in United States lighthouse design that was especially suited for offshore locations. It was based on a standardized plan that included a kit of prefabricated parts that was easily transported and quickly assembled at offshore locations. The design type facilitated expanding the Federal government's nationwide system of navigation aids during the period of rapid growth in the United States maritime commerce that occurred during the late nineteenth century following the Civil War.

d. The most noticeable change to the interior of the lighthouse is the character of its main gallery. This gallery was formerly roofed with a circular metal awning attached to a metal ledge affixed to the light tower just below the second story windows. The ledge is still present. The original main gallery was also partly enclosed with walls referred to in architectural drawings of the lighthouse as its fog signal house. The main gallery also formerly included an oil storage tank, hoist and boat davits. The gallery's awning, walls enclosing the fog signal hours, tank, hoist and davits were removed sometime following the lighthouse's automation in 1965.

(Ord. No. O-07-19 § 1)

The Municipal Council further finds and determines that the Robbins Reef Light Station meets the criteria for historic designation for the following reasons:

a. Robbins Reef Light Station's character and appearance reflect the property's period of historical significance and meets the registration requirements in the multiple property documentation for "Light Stations of the United States."

b. Robbins Reef Light Station meets criteria in paragraphs a, b. and c. of subsection 37-8.1 of the Historic Preservation Ordinance of the City of Bayonne.

(Ord. No. O-07-19 § 1; Ord. No. O-08-20)

The Robbins Reef Light Station located on the West Side, Main Channel, Upper New York Bay, in the territorial waters of Bayonne, southeast of the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor, is hereby designated a Historic Landmark in accordance with Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S. 40:55D-1 et seq., and Chapter 37, Historic Preservation, of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Bayonne. (Ord. No. O-07-19 § 1)

This designation shall be noted on the Zoning Map of the City of Bayonne and filed with the City Tax Assessor. (Ord. No. O-07-19 § 1)

The Municipal Council of the City of Bayonne finds and determines the following:

a. St. Vincent DePaul Church was designed in the Romanesque Revival style with Lombard influence of Northern Italy by the architectural firm of Maginnis and Walsh of Boston was built by the Charles J. Smith Construction Company.

b. The exterior facade of ten thousand three hundred fifty (10,350) square feet church is made of Weymouth granite from Plymouth Quarries, Inc., with "cut stone" trim. The exterior granite varies in coloring from reddish-brown to light green. The stones are laid in a rambling ashlar style.

c. It is in the public interest to preserve the historic elements of the St. Vincent DePaul Church within the parameters of the Historic Preservation Ordinance of the City of Bayonne.

(Ord. No. O-08-40 § 1)

The Municipal Council further finds that the features key to the church's architectural significance include, but are not limited, to the following:

a. The front facade is massive but artistic and fits exactly the edge of the main body of the church, thus enhancing its stately appearance.

b. A 140-foot Venetian-style campanile adds majestic height to the main body of the church and stand outs prominently from a great distance. Standing freely away from the main mass of the church, the campanile rises sheer from the ground. In the Italian manner, it is located on the Gospel (south) side of the church. The fenestration of the campanile is made up of openings becoming more numerous at each story level with each level developing into a rich arcade at the top. Below the arch openings at the top level are rows of decorative marble insets. Each of the four (4) corners of the tower has a pyramid-shaped peak representing one (1) of the four (4) cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, temperance and fortitude. A conical spire adorned with a cross sits on the top of the campanile. The cone is covered with terra cotta colored tile in various patterns. In 2000, the lights in the campanile were restored. In 2003, the chimes were restored.

(Ord. No. O-08-40 § 1)

The Municipal Council further finds and determines that the St. Vincent DePaul meets the criteria for historic designation for the following reasons:

a. St. Vincent DePaul's character and appearance reflect the property's period of historical significance and meets the registration requirements in the multiple property documentation for "Roman Catholic Churches of the United States."

b. St. Vincent DePaul Church meets criteria paragraphs a, b. and c. of subsection 37-8.1 of the Historic Preservation Ordinance of the City of Bayonne.

(Ord. No. O-08-40 § 1)

St. Vincent DePaul Church is located at 979-993 Avenue C, which is also known as Block 76, Lot 17, on the tax map of the City of Bayonne, is hereby designated a Historic Landmark in accordance with Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S. 40:55D-1 et. seq., and Chapter 37, Historic Preservation, of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Bayonne. (Ord. No. O-08-40 § 1)

This designation shall be noted on the Zoning Map of the City of Bayonne and filed with the City Tax Assessor. (Ord. No. O-08-40 § 1)