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Dock Bridge
Dock Bridge connecting Newark with Harrison is an important segment of the North East Rail Road corridor. Its structure consists of a pair of through-truss lift bridges crossing the Passaic River at Newark, used exclusively for railroad traffic. The…
William Clark House
The William Clark House is located near Branch Brook park, in the Forrest Hills/North Ward part of Newark. Completed in 1880, this mansion served as the residence of the apparel magnate William Clark of the Clark Thread Company of Newark, who lived…
St. Stephan's United Church of Christ
St Stephan's Church is located in the Ironbound district of Newark. The main facade shares Georgian and Romanesque elements. The main entrance is framed by two diagonal buttresses and surmounted by a prominent rose window. The red brick walls are…
Central Avenue Building, New Jersey Institute of Technology
(NJIT)
The Central Avenue Building houses the Van Houten Library and the Martin Tuchman School of Management on NJIT's campus.
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…
Wickcliffe Presbyterian Church
The Wickcliffe Presbyterian Church was located in the Central Ward of Newark and was designed by William Halsey Wood. The church was rectangular in plan with the southern portion ending in a semi-circular apse. On the front facade, a heavily…
Pan American C.M.A. Church
The Pan American C.M.A. Church is designed in the Gothic Revival style. This is a relatively small church with a central nave, a chancel, small transepts and apse and resembles an English Country church. The church was build with brownstone laid…
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…
Robert Treat Hotel
The Robert Treat Hotel is one of the finest examples of Renaissance Revival in Newark. Designed by the architectural firm of Gilbert and Betelle in 1916, the hotel was named after Robert Treat, the founder of Newark. This 14-story building is…
First Baptist Peddie Memorial Church
The First Baptist Peddie Memorial Church is located in a significant urban position, at the intersection Broad Street and Central Avenue and the tip of Military Park. As a result, its presence in this urban scenography contributes to create a…
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…
New Jersey Bell Telephone Building
The headquarters of the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company.
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…
E. Heyman Building
"59-61 Market Street, the "E. Heyman Building," is a three bay, six story, brick-faced, rectangular plan, classicizing/vernacular, commercial building, constructed in 1924. The first two stories have been completely obscured by applied replacement…
9-13 Hill Street
"9-13 Hill Street is an eight story, five bay, rectangular plan, commercial building faced in glazed terra cotta. The first two stories are completely ornamented with elaborate foliate relief terra cotta ornamentation, interrupted only by windows and…