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…
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 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…
This Dutch Colonial house is the second oldest extant building in Newark. This building features certain characteristics of 18th century residential architecture in America such as hand-hewn timber framing and flooring, and locally quarried…
The Executive House is made up of three residences, the Dodd House, the Day/Parker House, and the Gevers Houses. Around the 1950's, these were used together as one rooming house, called the Executive House.
The Glencoe Mansion is located on the easterly side of Martin Luther King Boulevard, formerly known as High Street. High Street was one of the most prominent locations of Newark with high end residential buildings occupied by affluent families. The…
Anthony C. Beam bought the property at 14 Mulberry Street in 1859. The house, however, is noted for being the birthplace of Stephen Crane, author of The Red Badge of Courage.