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Robert Treat Hotel
The Robert Treat Hotel is one of the finest examples of Renaissance Revival in Newark. Designed by the architectural firm of Gilbert and Betelle in 1916, the hotel was named after Robert Treat, the founder of Newark. This 14-story building is…
Hahne and Company
The Hahne and Company building is located in the corner of Broad Street and New Street, across the western edge of Military Park. This four story, brick and stone building was designed and constructed by New York-based architect Goldwyn Starrett of…
Temple B'Nai Jeshurun
The B'Nai Jeshurum Temple is a school and religious temple before its demolish in May 21, 1911 it was the oldest Jewish congregation in Newark, NJ. The school was located at 783 High Street, Newark, NJ. The school building was about $275,000 to…
Otto H. York Center for Environmental and Engineering Science (YCEES), New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
"The York Center was the first building in the nation especially constructed for cooperative public and private research in hazardous waste management." The building's use has since diversified and is now used to conduct a wide variety of research…
St. John's Roman Catholic Church
St. John's Church is one of the oldest Roman Catholic churches in Newark. The front brownstone facade has a tripartite configuration, with a central gabled bay and two flanking towers surmounted by pinnacles. The front is dominated by pointed arches…
Essex Club
The Essex Club was the oldest existing business club in Newark, founded in 1876.
Chamber of Commerce (Former)
"20-24 Branford Place, the former Newark Chamber of Commerce Building, is a six bay, ten story, steel-framed, rectangular plan, classicizing, civic structure. Designed in 1922 by the nationally-known architectural firm Guilbert and Betelle, for a…
Fenster Hall, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
Fenster Hall houses administrative offices, classrooms and computer labs in a highly flexible loft space. It extends the campus image to MLK Boulevard and forms a backdrop for Eberhardt Hall.
Campus Center, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
The NJIT Campus Center and Academic Building creates an intervention into the existing University fabric, uniting the Campus Green with the eastern edge of campus. A third floor pedestrian bridge connects the two buildings physically and creates a…
Wiss Building
The Wiss Company was the Newark based manufacturer of scissors and sheers and a retail jeweler. This was an L-shaped, 10 story building of white stone, terracotta, and pressed metal.
Central Avenue Building, New Jersey Institute of Technology
(NJIT)
The Central Avenue Building houses the Van Houten Library and the Martin Tuchman School of Management on NJIT's campus.
U.S. Post Office and Court House
The U.S. Post Office and Court House occupies a city block in downtown Newark. The program of the building accommodates two functions: court rooms on the upper floors and post office in the lower floors. The whole complex is five and one half…
Bamberger Building
Flagship store built in 1912 for the now-defunct department store chain Bamberger's founded by Louis Bamberger as L. Bamberger & Company in 1893.
St. Michael's Hospital
St. Michael's Hospital began in 1867 when 5 sisters of the Poor of St. Francis staffed a 13-bed hospital in a residence at 69 Bleeker St. In 1869, the cornerstone was laid for a new building, designed by Jeremiah O'Rourke. The 3-story, 150 bed, red…
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church was part of a complex that included a school and a rectory. The church was designed in a Gothic style by Jeremiah O'Rourke. The front facade displays characteristic Gothic elements such as ogee arches, buttresses, …
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
This church is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark and the fifth largest cathedral in North America.