Ackerson Homestead

Historical marker location:

142 Pascack Road, Park Ridge, New Jersey

( Marker is at the intersection of Pascack Road and Lakeview Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Pascack Road.)

Marker installed: 1981

The Hindenburg disaster, one of the most famous airship accidents in history, occurred in New Jersey in 1937. The German airship caught fire and crashed while attempting to dock at the Naval Air Station in Lakehurst.