Central King Building, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Title
Central King Building, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Central High School
Commercial and Manual Training High School
Subject
Description
Formerly Central High School and prior to that Commercial and Manual Training High School.
Central King building is a campus building that's located between New street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard situated in a very close proximity to College of Architecture and Design. Previously known as Central High school building, the school was adapted by the NJIT University in 2010. It was a seven-story structure designed in 1911
built of brick and terra cotta in Jacobean style with four corner towers. After 2010 the building was renovated and expanded towards Dr. Martin Luther King Jr boulevard. On the right bank of Passaic River apart from Central King building there are few other universities in close proximity and also the largest New Jersey state Museum is very close by.
Central King building is a campus building that's located between New street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard situated in a very close proximity to College of Architecture and Design. Previously known as Central High school building, the school was adapted by the NJIT University in 2010. It was a seven-story structure designed in 1911
built of brick and terra cotta in Jacobean style with four corner towers. After 2010 the building was renovated and expanded towards Dr. Martin Luther King Jr boulevard. On the right bank of Passaic River apart from Central King building there are few other universities in close proximity and also the largest New Jersey state Museum is very close by.
Date
1914
restoration finished in 2017
restoration finished in 2017
State
extant
Condition History
The Central King Building was renovated heavily upon being acquired by NJIT. Read about the renovations in detail in "Central King Gets a Face Lift."
Bibliography
"Commercial And Manual Training High School, Newark, N.J." Brickbuilder 21.(1912): 212-215.
"Modern American Schoolhouses: Some Recent Examples of Specialized Buildings." Architectural Record 36.(1914): 244-263.
"Modern American Schoolhouses: Some Recent Examples of Specialized Buildings." Architectural Record 36.(1914): 244-263.
Style
Gothic Revival
Web Resources
An insider's look at some of the new NJIT Central King Building
NJIT Renovating Central King Building - Torcon
Central King Gets a Face Lift
"Central High School Collection (1913-1993)." Newark Archives Project, http://nap.rutgers.edu/collection.php?id=1209&type=coll&s=0&search=Central%20High%20School&stype=keyword. Accessed 7 December 2016.
NJIT Renovating Central King Building - Torcon
Central King Gets a Face Lift
"Central High School Collection (1913-1993)." Newark Archives Project, http://nap.rutgers.edu/collection.php?id=1209&type=coll&s=0&search=Central%20High%20School&stype=keyword. Accessed 7 December 2016.
Collection
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