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St. Columba's Church
St. Columba's Church was designed by Charles Edwards from Paterson, New Jersey. This church has a Roman basilica plan adjoining a campanile. Both ends of the church are apsidal but the convex front facade, almost Baroque, is more prominent. Here,…
First Presbyterian Church
The First Presbyterian Church is the oldest congregation in Newark.
St. Patrick's Pro-Cathedral
St. Patrick's Pro Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Newark. It was built in 1846 and from 1853 served as the seat of its prelate bishop until the Sacred Heart Cathedral was built. Designed in the Gothic style, it is, however, missing a…
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. 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…
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
This church is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark and the fifth largest cathedral in North America.
New Point Baptist Church
The building was originally used as the South Baptist Church, but today houses the New Point Baptist Church. It is one of four extant Greek Revival churches in Newark.
South Park Presbyterian Church, Broad Street & Clinton Avenue, Newark, NJ
South Park Presbyterian Church is one of the finest examples of the Greek Revival located in Lincoln Park (formerly known as South Park). The exterior of the church, reminiscent of the work of William Strickland, is composed of a tetrastyle Ionic…
South Park Presbyterian Church
South Park Presbyterian Church is one of the finest examples of the Greek Revival located in Lincoln Park (formerly known as South Park). The exterior of the church, reminiscent of the work of William Strickland, is composed of a tetrastyle Ionic…
St. James A.M.E. Church
The building was originally constructed as the High Street Presbyterian Church. In 1945, the building was sold to the St. James A.M.E. Church. It is one of the earliest works of John Welch and it was designed in the Gothic style, similar to the…
St. Casimir's Roman Catholic Church
St. Casimir's Roman Catholic Church is located in the Ironbound district of Newark and is one of the biggest churches of this city. This church was designed by Joseph A. Jackson in the Romanesque Revival style and has served the Polish community for…
Trinity Cathedral
Trinity Episcopal Church is the second oldest church in Newark and is located in Military park. The front facade is composed of a tetrastyle porch of double-torus columns supporting a plain pediment with a centered round window. Round-arched…
St. Rocco's Roman Catholic Church
St. Rocco’s Roman Catholic Church is one of three Italian/Mediterranean churches by Newark architect Neil J. Convery; the other two are St. Lucy’s and Sacred Heart. It is one of the few full-domed churches in Newark. Convery's design of…
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…
St. Mary's Abbey Church
St. Mary's Abbey Church is based on a Roman basilica plan and oriented on an East-West axis. The exterior was built with red brick and it is dominated by long rounded windows. The nave culminates in an apse on the eastern end.
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church is an English Gothic Revival style church built in 1864 after a prior wooden-frame structure had been destroyed by fire. The church complex also includes a parish hall and a manse. This church occupies a triangular site…
Catedral Evangelica Reformada
Catedral Evangelica Reformada, originally the First Reformed Church, was built in 1873. It is a final exemplar of the early Gothic Revival architecture in Newark which displays a delicate transition into the architecture of Victorian era. It features…
North Reformed Church
Originally built as the Third Reformed Dutch Church, the North Reformed Church was designed by William H. Kirk in the Gothic revival style. It is sitting in a remarkable location, across the Washington Park surrounded by higher buildings, taken out…
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
This church was built in the Greek Revival Style and featured a frame belfry and spire. The structure is made out of brick and the roof is gabled with a pediment at the front facade. Originally there was no portico.
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…