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Pulaski Skyway
The Pulaski Skyway is a 3.5-mile-long viaduct that is part of U.S. Route 1/9. It starts at Tonneles Circle in Jersey City and it spans the Hackensack River over to Kearny where it hovers over an industrial area. After crossing the Passaic River, it…
The Creation of an Urban University: The New Jersey Institute of Technology
A brief architectural history of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) campus, written by College of Architecture and Design professor Michael Mostoller.
Riverbank Park
Riverbank Park was planned under the the Essex County Park system by the Olmsted Brothers (John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., sons of Frederick Law Olmsted). Influenced by the Chicago Columbian Exposition of 1893, the city of…
North Broad Street Historic District
The North Broad Street Historic District consists of an urban residential neighborhood of eight rowhouses located in the North Ward of Newark. Seven of these rowhouses were built in the Renaissance Revival style and dressed with limestone while the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
Kenney Memorial Hospital
Located in the Central Ward of Newark, west of the Central Business District, Kenney Memorial Hospital was built in 1927 by Dr. John A. Kenney. This was the first hospital in New Jersey to train African-American doctors and nurses in the era of Jim…
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…
Sydenham House
The Sydenham House is the oldest house in Newark. Built in 1711, before Newark obtained its city charter, it represents a prototype of an early American homestead. The house has a traditional salt-box style with one side of the gabled roof extending…
Military Park
Military Park is an obtuse triangular park that takes up 6 acres between Broad Street, Park Place, and Rector Street. It was originally named Middle Commons, and was first laid out by Robert Treat as a training ground, present on the first extant map…
Otto H. York Center for Environmental and Engineering Science (YCEES), New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
"The York Center was the first building in the nation especially constructed for cooperative public and private research in hazardous waste management." The building's use has since diversified and is now used to conduct a wide variety of research…
Redwood Hall, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
Redwood Hall is a 7 floor, 45,000 square foot residential hall at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Oak Hall, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
Oak Hall is an 8 floor, 52,875 square foot residence hall at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
American Insurance Company Building
The American Insurance Company Building is a 21 story commercial edifice designed to serve as the company's main office. It is located in what now is considered the James Street Commons Historic District.
Kupfrian Hall, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
Kupfrian Hall serves as classroom and lecture space at NJIT, and includes the 425-seat Jim Wise Theatre. It was formerly the Humanities Building and Lecture and Classroom Center, once housed the Van Houten Library.
Directory of Landmark Sites and Historic Districts in the City of Newark County of Essex State of New Jersey
Document containing maps of Newark historic districts with an index of important buildings/landmarks. Districts include: Forest Hill Historic District, Four Corners Historic District, James Street Commons Historic District, Lincoln Park Historic…
James Street Commons Historic District
The James Street Commons Historic District comprises an area near Washington Square Park and adjacent to Newark's Central Business district - roughly bounded by Halsey, Warren, Boyden, Bleeker, Orange, and Broad Streets. The entire district is on the…