Pietro and Maria Botto House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Pietro and Maria Botto House
nrhp_type = nhl

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caption =
location= 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, New Jersey
lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 56
lat_seconds = 5.14
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 74
long_minutes = 11
long_seconds = 19.36
long_direction = W
locmapin = New Jersey
area =
built =1913
designated = December 17, 1982cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1455&ResourceType=Building
title=Pietro and Maria Botto House |accessdate=2008-02-03|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = July 30, 1974cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=74001188

The Pietro and Maria Botto House, also known as Pietro Botto House, at 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, New Jersey is where leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) union spoke to the 15,000 striking workers of the Paterson Silk Strike of 1913. [ [http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/74001188.nl.pdf NHL Writeup] ] Elizabeth Gurley Brown and Upton Sinclair also spoke from the balcony. [ [http://www.fieldtrip.com/nj/15957953.htm Fieldtrip NJ] ]

It is now the home of the American Labor Museum, commemorating this event.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1982.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/74001188.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: ________] |892 KB|date=___, 19___ |author=_______ |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/74001188.pdf "Accompanying ____ photos, exterior and interior, from 19____."] |469 KB]

References

External links

* [http://www.labormuseum.org American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark]
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/pad/adventure/mpbotto.htm NPS.Gov Landmark Adventures]
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/102paterson/102paterson.htm "Paterson, New Jersey: America's Silk City," a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan]