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More than 50 Bavarian families established the original church in 1889 a few blocks from the current one, which was dedicated in 1915. The church can serve more than 1,500 families per mass.
St. Henry's Church is a Roman Catholic church on Avenue C between 28th.and 29th. Street in Bayonne, New Jersey. The parish was founded in 1889 by 50 German immigrant families from Bavaria and was named after Emperor Henry II of the Holy Roman Empire. It is one of the first Catholic parishes in Bayonne and is part of the Archdiocese of Newark.
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Bayonne's oldest church dating back to 1866. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
It was built as a bank in 1912, and was preserved in the 1970s for its architecture. Since 2002, it has been owned by the city as a museum. In 2006, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Birdwatching park with a 2-mile nature path, and a monument to the ELCO Naval Division.
Cruise Port Bayonne
The Cape Liberty Cruise Port is one of the few trans-Atlantic passenger terminals in the New York Harbor. Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises base their ships at this port and sail mostly to the Caribbean and Canada.