Clifton Ave., Clifton, New Jersey. County/parish: Passaic.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 09, 1981. NRIS 81000397.
25 contributing buildings.
The United States Animal Quarantine Station, sometimes referred to the as Athenia Quarantine Station, is located in the city of Clifton in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, constructed in 1900, and colloquially called the Ellis Island for Animals. The complex, closed in 1975, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 9, 1981, for its significance to agriculture. Part of the site is now the Clifton Municipal Complex. Two of the buildings were renovated and turned into the Clifton Arts Center Gallery and Studio. An atrium was built to connect the two buildings. It is considered to be threatened site.
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