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The Roseville Avenue Railroad Station
The Roseville Avenue Railroad Station of the Lackawanna Railroad is to the right. The railroad tracks are depressed to eliminate dangerous grade crossings.A Bridge crossing is available at each side street. The official name of the railroad was the…
The Pennsylvania Railroad Station 19th century
The Pennsylvania Rail Road station was located southwest of the present Penn Station on the opposite side of Market Street. This building had a roof that sheltered passengers from weather while waiting for trolleys and carriages. The tracks were…
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station on Broad street adjacent to Route 280. Many commuters take passenger train from stops in Morris and Essex Counties to Newark and walk along Broad Street to their offices and universities. The…
The North Newark Station of the Delaware
The North Newark Station of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad was on the present Broadway, then known as Washington, Avenue. It was one of seven railroad stations in Newark.
Essex County Courthouse on Market Street 1907
Well known architect Cass Gilbert designed the 1907 Essex County Courthouse, which is still being used. The Courthouse was built behind the 1837 building, set on a hill just below high street, it rises above market street, Its main doorway is reached…
Essex County Courthouse on Market Street 1837
In 1837, Philadelphia architect John Haviland designed this Egyptian style building to house the governments of both Essex County and the City of Newark. A decade later, the city government moved from building to building until present city hall was…
Essex County Courthouse on Market Street 1800s
Photo of old courthouse with horses and carriages. Year unknown. Filed in the Newark Public Library under 1846 Navy Slides.
U.S Post Office on Broad Street
The old US post office was on Broad Street at the Morris Canal, it featured a tall tower with a clock. The canal went under Broad Street at this site.The Canal ceased operations in 1924, and it became Raymond Boulevard in 1932.
Newark Post Office
Exterior photo of the main Newark post office building at 2 Federal Square.
City Hall on Broad Street
The Beaux Art city hall was designed by John H. And Wilson Ely and built of granite and marble. Began in 1903, completed 1906.
Newark Public Library at west park street
The Newark public library was founded in 1889, in a building on West Park Street. It developed from the old Newark Library Association formed in1845. It occupied library hall with the post office, the NJ Art Union, the NJ Historical Society, the NJ…
Newark Public Library at west park street 1941
Exterior photo of the Newark Public Library.
Horse-drawn carriage on Broad Street
Engine steamer horse-drawn carriages racing down Broad Street to a fire. The L.S Plaut & Company department store are on the left, Military part on the right. Note the amount of pedestrians simply walking across the street and how few wheeled…
The American Music Hall
The American Music Hall at 211 Market Street. The American Music Hall opened in 1909 in a four-story building at 211 Market Street, it presented vaueville, burlesque, and motions pictures. The theater and the office building adjacent were both built…
Broad Street near New Street
Trolleys travel along the street, a horse and wagon travel along side them. The Hahne department store is to the left, Trinity Episcopal church on the right.
Broad Street and Park Place
Military Park bordered by Broad Street and Park Place. Automobiles are replacing carriages and wagons. The number of pedestrians and Trolly cars are arriving in Newark more frequently to visit stores. Nearly every store has an awning sheltering parts…
Market Street view #1
The street is filled with trolleys, people, and horse wagons. Stores on the left include Ludwig Bauman & Company and Donald Dignified Credit. The trolley travels towards South Orange
Market Street view #2
Taken from the direction of the Essex Country Courthouse, the streets are still cobblestoned to accommodate horses and wagons. The Trolleys are heading to South Orange, a delivery horse wagon on the right.
Market Street view #3
A view looking east toward Broad Street, traffic clogs Market Street with two trolleys passing each other. The trolley on the left no.729 Trolly is labeled Kinney, the one to the right is heading towards Pennsylvania Railroad Station. The large white…
Ironbound Voices Title Page November 1990
Title page of the free Tri-Lingual Ironbound Voices, vol 13, No 7. November 1990
Map of Military Park historic district boundaries 2004
Historic aerial map of Military Park historic district boundaries. Created by the NJ State Historic Preservation Office. Park of the CFCNJIC map collection, published by the Newark Public Library.
Broad-Market Street Newsstand Demolition in 2006
A grappler attacks the roof of the shuttered newsstand/bus stop at the northeast corner of Broad and Market Streets on June 26, 2006. The destruction of the newsstand was the opening move in the city's project to reconstruct Market Street and the…
Broad & Clinton Streets 1916 vs 2016
Newark in 1916 versus Newark in 2016. New Image copyright Myles Zhang 2016, older image from Newark Public Library.