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Colonnade and Pavillion Apartments
The Colonnade and Pavilion Apartments consist of three 22-story tall slabs occupying the edges of a large superblock bounded by Branch Brook Park, Broad Street, and Route 280. These buildings, part of a Redevelopment Plan for Newark , provide a…
St. Lucy's Roman Catholic Church
St. Lucy's Church is located near Branch Brook park, the Colonnade apartments and the now-demolished Columbus Homes. This building completed in 1925 is one of the largest Roman Catholic churches in the archdiocese of Newark and has served the…
St. Rocco's Roman Catholic Church
St. Rocco’s Roman Catholic Church is one of three Italian/Mediterranean churches by Newark architect Neil J. Convery; the other two are St. Lucy’s and Sacred Heart. It is one of the few full-domed churches in Newark. Convery's design of…
L. Bamberger Department Store's "Ideal Home."
The "Ideal Home" was the idea of Louis Bamberger, owner of the Newark department store. He wanted to create a home setting in which he could display the store's furniture and electrical appliances and accommodate the public. The house also had many…
Queen of Angels Church
Queen of Angels Church is a Gothic Revival style church completed in 1861. Historically it is tied to the middle of 19th century development of the German community in Newark. However, after 1960's it was passed to the Black parish, becoming the…
St. Mary's Abbey Church
St. Mary's Abbey Church is based on a Roman basilica plan and oriented on an East-West axis. The exterior was built with red brick and it is dominated by long rounded windows. The nave culminates in an apse on the eastern end.
St. James' Church
St. James' Church was the third oldest Catholic church in Newark, and the first parish to be established in a Diocese of Newark. It was also holding the first parochial school in the area, founded in 1854. This church was part of a complex that…
Newark Female Charitable Society
The Newark Female Charitable Society used as its headquarters a three-story tall building located in Halsey Street. This structure was designed by R.H. Rowden, a local architect, in the Victorian Eclectic style with Romanesque features. The building…
New Jersey Bell Telephone Building
The headquarters of the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company.
Newark Public Library
The main branch of the Newark Public Library system, designed by the firm of Rankin and Kellogg.
Guttenberg Information Technologies Center (GITC), New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
The 187,000 square foot GITC facility contains research labs, conference rooms, lecture halls, a state of the art TV studio, and The Factory of the Future. The Factory of the Future is an incubator and R&D facility for telecommunications and robotics…
Cullimore Hall, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
Cullimore Hall is a 7 floor, 75,000 square foot building which houses classrooms and offices for several departments at NJIT.
Redwood Hall, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
Redwood Hall is a 7 floor, 45,000 square foot residential hall at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Prudential Fountain
The fountain was moved to the Newark Museum upon the demolishment of the Prudential Insurance Building.
Krueger-Scott Mansion
The 26-room Krueger Mansion was built in 1889 by Gottfried Krueger, the founder of Krueger Brewing Company, and later judge of the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals. Situated at the corner of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and Court…
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church is an English Gothic Revival style church built in 1864 after a prior wooden-frame structure had been destroyed by fire. The church complex also includes a parish hall and a manse. This church occupies a triangular site…
Catedral Evangelica Reformada
Catedral Evangelica Reformada, originally the First Reformed Church, was built in 1873. It is a final exemplar of the early Gothic Revival architecture in Newark which displays a delicate transition into the architecture of Victorian era. It features…
Newark Theatre
The Newark Theatre opened in 1886 by H.C. Miner.
Protestant Foster Home
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…