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The Feigenspan Mansion was the home of Christian Feigenspan, a brewery owner who manufactured the "Pride of Newark" beer. Feigenspan became famous for winning the silver medal at the 1891 Paris Exhibition. The mansion is also noted for being built to…

The Symington house is the third oldest house in Newark. This building is a 3-story brick townhouse originally constructed as a rectory for adjacent Trinity Church, now known as Trinity and St. Philip’s Cathedral. It is the best remaining…

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…

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…

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…

Forest Hill Historic District is located in the Northeast of Newark. It takes up 57 blocks and is bounded by Verona Avenue, Mount Prospect Avenue, Second Avenue, and Branch Brook Park. This primarily residential district consists of houses built…

A nineteenth-century mansion built for brewer Franz Kastner. Seriously damaged by fire in 2019 and 2023.