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The New Jersey Institute of Technology's Eberhardt Hall, formerly the Newark Orphan Asylum, is a Elizabethan Gothic Revival building created by John Welch in 1857. Considered very modern for its time, the original building included amenities such as…

St. Peter's Orphan Asylum was founded to care for children whose fathers died in the Civil War. The institution was originally opened as a small wooden building.

St. Mary's Orphan Asylum was founded in 1857 on Central Avenue next to St. Patrick's Cathedral, by the Bishop Bayley. The building was completed over the next 6 years.

The Protestant Foster Home building located on Bellevile Ave. (today's Broadway), presents a remarkable example of High Victorian Gothic. Designed by Thomas Stent, this 3-story building is U-shaped in plan. The exterior is dressed in red brick, while…