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George S. Hobart House

Tags: Forest Hill Historic District, historic houses, houses, residential structures

This Dutch Colonial house is the second oldest extant building in Newark. This building features certain characteristics of 18th century residential architecture in America such as hand-hewn timber framing and flooring, and locally quarried…

Tags: churches (buildings), historic houses, rectories

Ballantine House

The Ballantine House is the only remaining 19th century town house in Washington Square. It was built to be a seventeen-room, three-story structure with a full basement and attic. This house was built in 1884 as a residence for John H. Ballantine,…

Tags: historic house museums (buildings), historic houses, mansions

City Hospital

Tags: health facilities, hospitals, hospitals (buildings for health facility)

82 1/2 to 84 University Avenue

2-story brick rowhouse.

Tags: historic houses, houses, James Street Commons Historic District, residential structures

Detroit-Cadillac Motor Car Co.

The Detroit Cadillac Motor Car Company building served as an auto showroom where the the sales and servicing of cars took place. The building had three stories. Its facade has a tripartite scheme with a narrow bay in the middle flanked by two large…

J. Colyer & Co. Coach Manufacturers

229 - 235 Halsey Street

Lansden Company

The Lansden Company was an electric vehicle company founded by Thomas Edison in 1904 that manufactured trucks and wagons. These vehicles were powered by Edison engineered batteries. In 1913 the company moved its plant to Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Nuse Wagon & Automobile Company

Essex County Jail

Tags: jails (buildings)

Essex County Park Commission

Tags: administration buildings, municipal buildings, public buildings (governmental buildings)

Newark City Hall

Tags: municipal buildings, public buildings (governmental buildings)

Fielder Building

Tags: commercial buildings, office buildings

Griffith Building

Tags: commercial buildings, historic buildings, office buildings

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…

Tags: commercial buildings, department stores

Essex Club

The Essex Club was the oldest existing business club in Newark, founded in 1876.

Tags: clubs, historic buildings

Archbishop Thomas J. Walsh Homes

Built in 1952, the Archbishop Thomas J. Walsh Homes consisted of 12 residential buildings, 9 of which were 8-story buildings and 3 of which were 3-story buildings.

Tags: public housing, residential structures

Baxter Terrace

Baxter Terrace was one of the early public housing complexes developed by the Newark Housing Authority in 1941. It was known as the James M. Baxter Housing Development and named after the first African-American principal in the Newark school system.

Tags: low-rise buildings, public housing, residential structures

Brick Towers

The Brick Towers was a public housing complex that consisted of twin 16-story buildings.

Tags: high-rises, public housing, residential structures

Christopher Columbus Homes

The Christopher Columbus Homes were a public housing complex located between High Street and Eighth Avenue, on the same superblock as the Colonnade and Pavilion Apartments. The complex, part of a Redevelopment Plan, was composed of eight 13-story…