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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…

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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…

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"15-21 Hill Street, the former Hotel Douglas, is a sixteen story, nine bay, rectangular plan, orange brick and terra cottafaced, commercial hotel. The Art Deco-influenced facade is divided into two horizontal and three vertical sections. The first…

The building is currently used by the Holiness Pentecostal Church of Christ.

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A Christian Home for homeless white men. The Home conducted religious services nightly, but attendance was not compulsory. Men were compelled to work for their lodgings and good. The Home had a capacity of 95 beds. The house owned a burying plot and…

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229 - 235 Halsey Street

James C. White Manor is a senior housing development that was constructed in 1976. There are 206 units ranging in size from one bedroom to two bedrooms.

794 & 796 Broad Street

The manufacturing facility of John Jeliff, a furniture and cabinet maker, was active from 1836 until at least the 1890s. Jeliff constructed cabinet, and mahogany chairs, sofas, and mattresses. Many New Yorkers purchased his…

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534 Clinton Avenue

An orphanage for the support, education, and training of Hebrew orphans and half-orphans of both genders ages six to 15. The Home’s capacity was 80 children and was supported by voluntary contributions.

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The Job Haines Home for Aged People was constructed in 1903 by Frank Haines. Haines named the center in honor of his father, Job Haines. The Home was organized in conjunction with the First Church of Newark. The Home still operates today.

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The complex is named after John W Hyatt, a prominent Newark industrialist and inventor of the mid-20th century.

A nineteenth-century mansion built for brewer Franz Kastner. Seriously damaged by fire in 2019 and 2023.

Current websiteMaybe have been Katzin's Men's Furnishings at 68 Mulberry Street.

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Located in the Central Ward of Newark, west of the Central Business District, Kenney Memorial Hospital was built in 1927 by Dr. John A. Kenney. This was the first hospital in New Jersey to train African-American doctors and nurses in the era of Jim…

The Krueger Pioneer Home was organized in 1889 with the mission to provide a homing for unfortunate and indigent men of German descent over the age of 65. Judge Gottfried Krueger, a wealthy citizen of Essex county, funded its construction. The…

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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…

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Kupfrian Hall serves as classroom and lecture space at NJIT, and includes the 425-seat Jim Wise Theatre. It was formerly the Humanities Building and Lecture and Classroom Center, once housed the Van Houten Library.

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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…
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