At the Heart of Our Mission:
The Powerhouse

The fight to preserve Jersey City’s 1908 Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse sparked the creation of the Landmarks Conservancy 27 years ago. Today, this industrial giant still stands — but it needs us. Join the movement to protect our city’s most powerful landmark and ensure its story lives on.

Plug Into Preservation

  • Back-to-Back Save the Powerhouse Walking Tours on Saturday, August 22, 2026: 10:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m. + 1:00 p.m.—3:00 p.m.

    On Saturday, August 22, 2026, the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy will offer two, separate-admission Save the Powerhouse walking tours to wind down the summer on a high preservation note! The first tour will be from 10:30 a.m—12:30 p.m. and will meet at Haus25; the second tour will be from 1:00 p.m.—3:00 p.m. and will meet at Sable. Join our architectural historians on either tour for a curated exploration of the historic Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse neighborhood and experience a 200-year-old industrial landscape reinvented for 21st-century living, working, and tourism, with special access to select historic sites. These Powerhouse walking tours are made possible through our close partnerships with the Powerhouse Arts District Neighborhood Association (PADNA), Novado Gallery, Modera Lofts, Veris Residential, Toll Brothers — City Living, New Jersey Symphony and The Arts & Powerhouse Building. $25 via our Eventbrite; $20 for seniors, veterans, children, students, educators, and persons with disabilities. Bonus: Each purchased ticket includes a tour-exclusive packet with our newly published Jersey City’s Historic Powerhouse Neighborhood coloring book; a small box of crayons; JCLC stickers; and a limited edition Save the Powerhouse key chain!

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  • Join the Save the Powerhouse Movement

    The non-profit Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy was organized in 1999 to help lead the public battle to save the iconic Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse on Jersey City’s waterfront. That fight — now in its 27th year! — continues today as this last-of-its-kind industrial monument is increasingly pressured by the unstoppable pace of development and the realities of structural deterioration brought on by decades of neglect. Join our Save the Powerhouse preservation movement and community campaign by attending our walking tours and other special events — because the Powerhouse needs us, and it’s time to power it back on!

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“I called it the singing house. Somebody would start a song, and then everybody started singing the song.

…That memory still — I could still hear the music from that house.”

— Mrs. Mary Graham Aiken

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