the bergen hill historic district, of which the church is a contributing property, was established as a municipal historic district in 1986 and identified in new jersey's state historic preservation office (shpo) in 1989/1991 (id#1481). in 2008, the shpo issued a certificate of eligibility (id#4986) for listing individually on both the new jersey register of historic places and the national register of historic places. attempts made in 2007/2008 to have the church designated a local landmark were unsuccessful, the motion having been tabled by the jersey city city council. when it appeared that the diocese was moving to demolish the building, a campaign was begun to convince the city council to re-visit the issue which it did in june 2013 and adopted a measure granting landmark status.