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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…
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…
St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church
St. Stanislaus is a late Gothic Revival Church and is made of red brick. It is the second largest Polish Church in Newark. Its dominating entrance with a massive spire is located to the east, with parochial school buildings located behind the…
Stanley Theater
The Stanley Theater is located in the Vailsburg section of Newark and was commissioned by the Stanley-Fabian company. Designed by local architect Frank Grad in the "atmospheric" style, this theater is important because it exemplifies a stage of…
Tags: Cultural, tour_theater
Symington House
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…
Temple B'nai Abraham
Temple B'nai Abraham was the largest synagogue in the state of New Jersey. The synagogue seats 2,000 people, and is attached to a social center and educational building containing an auditorium, gymnasium, and swimming pool.
Watts, Campbell & Company
The Watts, Campbell & Company was a prominent plant manufacturing steam engines and machine works. It occupied several city blocks, and consisted of eleven buildings.
Neil J. Convery
Tags: architects
Branch Brook Park
Branch Brook Park opened in 1895 as the nation's first county park for public use under the newly formed Essex County Park Commission. Its layout is based on plans conceived in a report from the firm of Olmsted, Vaux and Company in 1867 (document…
Tags: Frederick Law Olmsted, landscape, parks, public spaces
Newark Public Library
The main branch of the Newark Public Library system, designed by the firm of Rankin and Kellogg.
Apollo at the Fountain of Knowledge
"The Fountain of Knowledge was selected by Mr. Gammell as an appropriate motif for a mural decoration in a public library. The Fountain which appears in the center panel is guarded by Apollo. In the right panel the Nine Muses are seen carrying the…
Tags: mural paintings, mythology, public art
2005 Landscape Master Plan, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
"The New York City based landscape architecture firm Thomas Balsley Associates (TBA) was selected to create a Landscape Master Plan to inventory and analyze the existing landscape and develop new ideas for the future. Working closely with the…
John H. & Wilson C. Ely
Father (John H .Ely 1851-1932) and son (Wilson Ely) architectural firm based in Newark which created several prominent local buildings including Newark City Hall.
Tags: architects, architectural firms
Laurel Hall
Designed by world-renowned architect Michael Graves as a state of the art residence facility, Laurel Hall provides living space for 598 upper-class and graduate students. It is suite-style with two rooms sharing a bathroom.
Eberhardt Hall, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)/Newark Orphan Asylum
The New Jersey Institute of Technology's Eberhardt Hall, formerly the Newark Orphan Asylum, is a Elizabethan Gothic Revival building created by John Welch in 1857. Considered very modern for its time, the original building included amenities such as…
College of Architecture and Design at NJIT (Weston Hall)
Conceptually the building was developed by architect Alan Chimicoff (a member of the Professional Advisory Board), the chief designer of The Hillier Group, along with a faculty committee from the School of Architecture.
Cullimore Hall, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
Cullimore Hall is a 7 floor, 75,000 square foot building which houses classrooms and offices for several departments at NJIT.
Hillier Group
J. Robert Hillier, FAIA, founded Hillier Architecture in 1966 and led it to become the third largest architectural firm in the United States.
Tags: architectural firms
Frank Grad
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Grad Associates
Founded in 1906 by Frank Grad (1882–1968),[1] the company was later run by his sons, Bernard (d. August 4, 2000)[2] and Howard (d. 1992).[3] The company closed its doors on February 19, 2010.[4].At the time the firm closed the managing partners were…
Tags: architectural firms
One Newark Center
One Newark Center was developed by Bellemead Development Corporation. It is a 22-story building, which includes the 200,000 square foot Seton Hall Law School. Construction on the building began in May, 1989.
Central King Building, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Formerly Central High School and prior to that Commercial and Manual Training High School.
Central King building is a campus building that's located between New street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard situated in a very close proximity to…
Central King building is a campus building that's located between New street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard situated in a very close proximity to…