Perryville Tavern

Historical marker location:

167 Perryville Road, Perryville, New Jersey

( Marker is on Perryville Road (County Route 625) just south of Frontage Road, on the right when traveling south.)

The Great Falls of the Passaic River in Paterson, New Jersey, played a key role in the early development of the American industrial revolution. Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the United States, helped to develop the first water-powered cotton spinning mill in Paterson in 1791.