The Botto House and the American Labor Museum
National Historic Landmark · Haledon, New Jersey
An ordinary two-family house on a hillside in Haledon that is A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK because of what happened on its balcony. During the 1913 Paterson silk strike, the city of Paterson banned the strikers from assembling — so PIETRO AND MARIA BOTTO, Italian immigrant silk workers, opened their garden, and Haledon's socialist mayor let it happen. FROM THAT BALCONY BIG BILL HAYWOOD, ELIZABETH GURLEY FLYNN AND CARLO TRESCA ADDRESSED CROWDS RUNNING INTO THE THOUSANDS on Sunday afternoons for months. It is now the American Labor Museum, and it keeps very limited hours.
83 Norwood Street, Haledon, New Jersey, 07508, United States
Modest admission with reductions, or a donation. THE HOURS ARE VERY LIMITED — a few days a week in a short afternoon window, historically midweek, volunteer-staffed, with seasonal and staffing closures. RING BEFORE TRAVELLING; this is not a place to drop in on, and without a member of staff present there is very little interpretation. GROUPS AND SCHOOL PROGRAMMES BOOK IN ADVANCE and get considerably more than a walk-in visit. Talks, exhibitions and strike-anniversary commemorations run on the museum calendar and are the best time to come. Free street parking in a residential neighbourhood.
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