PRESERVATION MONTH IN JERSEY CITY KICKS OFF ON SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2026!

On Saturday, May 2, 2026, 12:00-3:00 p.m., the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy kicks off Preservation Month in Jersey City with the West Bergen Architectural Walking Tour, a specially curated event that takes participants back in architectural time through Jersey City’s singular West Bergen—East Lincoln Park Historic District!

JCLC guides will lead participants across 19th and 20th century West Bergen streets lined with stunningly preserved vernacular Victorian, Queen Anne, Arts & Crafts, Gothic Revival, Richardsonian Romanesque Revival, and Art Deco mansions and apartment buildings, with stops along the way at spectacular sacred spaces, school houses, engine companies, civic buildings, public monuments, park landscapes, and other treasures of art and architecture found only in this culturally significant neighborhood. Join us!

We invite you to book tickets to other exciting preservation events we’ve planned for May in Jersey City, including:

And of course we have special Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse events planned for May, including Save the Powerhouse walking tours — and our inaugural Powerhouse Pub Crawl! More details coming soon!

Preservation Month was initiated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1973 and has become the highpoint every May for historic preservation advocacy, awareness and appreciation in the United States. In the spirit of the National Trust, the nonprofit Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy organized its first Preservation Month in Jersey City series of walking tours, lectures, workshops, symposiums and other events in 2000, just a few months after its founding in 1999. Join the JCLC in 2026 as we continue our public preservation programming in honor of this important month and as we continue our Save the Powerhouse community preservation campaign!