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  • Tags: Military Park Commons Historic District

This is a one bay, three story, L-shaped building that takes the form of a minaret. In 1930 the building won a Broad Street Association award for architectural harmony.

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The Wiss Company was the Newark based manufacturer of scissors and sheers and a retail jeweler. This was an L-shaped, 10 story building of white stone, terracotta, and pressed metal.

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Historic aerial map of Military Park historic district boundaries. Created by the NJ State Historic Preservation Office. Park of the CFCNJIC map collection, published by the Newark Public Library.

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.

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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…
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