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St. Peter's Orphan Asylum was founded to care for children whose fathers died in the Civil War. The institution was originally opened as a small wooden building.

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St. Mary's Orphan Asylum was founded in 1857 on Central Avenue next to St. Patrick's Cathedral, by the Bishop Bayley. The building was completed over the next 6 years.

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Saint Barnabas Hospital was founded by the Episcopal Church. It was a 35 bed facility located at Montgomery and High Streets.

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The Newark Emergency Hospital was organized in 1901.

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A former day camp for tuberculosis patients unable to secure treatment elsewhere. Permission from a city physician was required for admission.

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A facility dedicated to educating the public and collection data on tuberculosis. The Association also trained nurses at the facility. The facility also hosted a day camp for patients to visit. The Association was a voluntary union organization that,…

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The now demolished Urban League building was active during the 1940s. Currently, the Essex County administration campus exists on the land where the Urban League building once stood. The building had 4 stories, the first floor devoted to the Urban…

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The Bergen Building is one building of the Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) campus in Newark. The building has served as a medical and educational space under several different auspices since its construction in XXX. Originally…

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Now the New Jersey College of Medicine & Dentistry building.

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The Lutheran Hospital was a general, independent, hospital that admitted patients of all faiths. The hospital did not admit tubercular patients. The facility’s capacity was 76 patients, with sixteen private rooms and sixty ward beds. The facility…

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An elderly care home for aging Catholics. Admission was restricted to anyone over the age of 60. The Little Sisters Home charged no admission fee. The facility held up to 230 people.

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Formerly stood at 65 Avon Avenue.

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The Krueger Pioneer Home was organized in 1889 with the mission to provide a homing for unfortunate and indigent men of German descent over the age of 65. Judge Gottfried Krueger, a wealthy citizen of Essex county, funded its construction. The…

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The Job Haines Home for Aged People was constructed in 1903 by Frank Haines. Haines named the center in honor of his father, Job Haines. The Home was organized in conjunction with the First Church of Newark. The Home still operates today.

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534 Clinton Avenue

An orphanage for the support, education, and training of Hebrew orphans and half-orphans of both genders ages six to 15. The Home’s capacity was 80 children and was supported by voluntary contributions.

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A Christian Home for homeless white men. The Home conducted religious services nightly, but attendance was not compulsory. Men were compelled to work for their lodgings and good. The Home had a capacity of 95 beds. The house owned a burying plot and…

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The building is currently used by the Holiness Pentecostal Church of Christ.

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The Newark Female Charitable Society used as its headquarters a three-story tall building located in Halsey Street. This structure was designed by R.H. Rowden, a local architect, in the Victorian Eclectic style with Romanesque features. The building…

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