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State Street School is one of the oldest public schools in Newark, significant for its leading role in educating African Americans during a period of segregation in education. The principal of this school, James M. Baxter Jr. was the first black…

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Beth Israel was started by the Daughters of Israel Hospital Association in 1900, and two years later Beth Israel Hospital was chartered. They began in a residence on West Kinney St. and High St. (now Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.). In 1928, they…

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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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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 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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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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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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Now the New Jersey College of Medicine & Dentistry building.

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The now demolished Urban League building was active during the 1940s. Currently, the Essex County administration campus exists on the land where the Urban League building once stood. The building had 4 stories, the first floor devoted to the Urban…

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A facility dedicated to educating the public and collection data on tuberculosis. The Association also trained nurses at the facility. The facility also hosted a day camp for patients to visit. The Association was a voluntary union organization that,…

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A former day camp for tuberculosis patients unable to secure treatment elsewhere. Permission from a city physician was required for admission.

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The Newark Emergency Hospital was organized in 1901.

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Saint Barnabas Hospital was founded by the Episcopal Church. It was a 35 bed facility located at Montgomery and High Streets.

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St. Mary's Orphan Asylum was founded in 1857 on Central Avenue next to St. Patrick's Cathedral, by the Bishop Bayley. The building was completed over the next 6 years.

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St. Peter's Orphan Asylum was founded to care for children whose fathers died in the Civil War. The institution was originally opened as a small wooden building.

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86-88 Plane Street (today is University Avenue)

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