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Newark Airport, opened in 1928, was the first large commercial airport in the United States, and the first to serve the New York metropolitan area. It was also the busiest airport in the world from 1930-1939. The three buildings recognized by the…

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"Cleveland School." Brickbuilder 22. (April 1913): pl. 52-54.

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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…

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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.

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The Oheb Shalom Congregation building is the oldest extant synagogue in Newark. This building was constructed in 1884 and presents an eclectic combination of Gothic and Moorish styles. The Rose window and projecting tower coexist with…

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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.

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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…

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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…

njit-naa-2010-0074-a2.pdf
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…

njit-naa-2010-0055-a2.pdf
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,…

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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…

njit-naa-2010-0054-a2.pdf
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church was part of a complex that included a school and a rectory. The church was designed in a Gothic style by Jeremiah O'Rourke. The front facade displays characteristic Gothic elements such as ogee arches, buttresses, …

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St. Lucy's Church is located near Branch Brook park, the Colonnade apartments and the now-demolished Columbus Homes. This building completed in 1925 is one of the largest Roman Catholic churches in the archdiocese of Newark and has served the…

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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.
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