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One of the three major department stores in Newark around the turn of the 20th century. The store was located between the Morris Canal, now Raymond Blvd., and Cedar Street. The building occupied an entire block. The store was founded by Sebastian…

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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.

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Designed by world-renowned architect Michael Graves as a state of the art residence facility, Laurel Hall provides living space for 598 upper-class and graduate students. It is suite-style with two rooms sharing a bathroom.

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Formerly located at the corner of Raymond Plaza West & Market Street.

Formerly stood at 252 South Orange Avenue.

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Formerly stood at 115 Market Street.

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Formerly stood at 65 Avon Avenue.

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An elderly care home for aging Catholics. Admission was restricted to anyone over the age of 60. The Little Sisters Home charged no admission fee. The facility held up to 230 people.

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This is a one bay, three story, L-shaped building that takes the form of a minaret. In 1930 the building won a Broad Street Association award for architectural harmony.

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The Lutheran Hospital was a general, independent, hospital that admitted patients of all faiths. The hospital did not admit tubercular patients. The facility’s capacity was 76 patients, with sixteen private rooms and sixty ward beds. The facility…

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A movie theater constructed in the 1930s. By the late 1950s, the theater went by the name, the “Luxor Follies” and showed obscene movies. Eventually police and legal pressure forced the theater closed in the early 1960s and it was soon after…

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The theater was known as the American Music Hall when it opened in 1908. With new ownership in 1915, came the new name the Lyric Theatre.

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Now the New Jersey College of Medicine & Dentistry building.

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Constructed in 1892 to house the William V. Snyder Company Dry Goods Store, the building was converted to McCrory's five and dime department store in the 1940s. McCrory's modernized the structure’s facade to the Art Moderne style as well as…

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