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Market and Broad Street early 20th century view #2
Two photos of Broad Street looking south from Market Street from 1823 and 1900.
Broad Street view #1
Man with two horses riding south on Broad Street in Newark.
The American Music Hall
The American Music Hall at 211 Market Street. The American Music Hall opened in 1909 in a four-story building at 211 Market Street, it presented vaueville, burlesque, and motions pictures. The theater and the office building adjacent were both built…
Horse-drawn carriage on Broad Street
Engine steamer horse-drawn carriages racing down Broad Street to a fire. The L.S Plaut & Company department store are on the left, Military part on the right. Note the amount of pedestrians simply walking across the street and how few wheeled…
Newark Public Library at west park street
The Newark public library was founded in 1889, in a building on West Park Street. It developed from the old Newark Library Association formed in1845. It occupied library hall with the post office, the NJ Art Union, the NJ Historical Society, the NJ…
U.S Post Office on Broad Street
The old US post office was on Broad Street at the Morris Canal, it featured a tall tower with a clock. The canal went under Broad Street at this site.The Canal ceased operations in 1924, and it became Raymond Boulevard in 1932.
Essex County Courthouse on Market Street 1800s
Photo of old courthouse with horses and carriages. Year unknown. Filed in the Newark Public Library under 1846 Navy Slides.
Essex County Courthouse on Market Street 1837
In 1837, Philadelphia architect John Haviland designed this Egyptian style building to house the governments of both Essex County and the City of Newark. A decade later, the city government moved from building to building until present city hall was…
Essex County Courthouse on Market Street 1907
Well known architect Cass Gilbert designed the 1907 Essex County Courthouse, which is still being used. The Courthouse was built behind the 1837 building, set on a hill just below high street, it rises above market street, Its main doorway is reached…
The Roseville Avenue Railroad Station
The Roseville Avenue Railroad Station of the Lackawanna Railroad is to the right. The railroad tracks are depressed to eliminate dangerous grade crossings.A Bridge crossing is available at each side street. The official name of the railroad was the…
Newark East of Mulberry Street
Newark Panorama, Bird's eye view of Newark between the present-day area of Mulberry Street and Penn Station, labeled with homesteads of important residents (Sally Crane, John Morris, etc.) and names of city streets (Mulberry Steet, Market Street,…
A horse-drawn carriage travels on Broad Street in 1892
Broad Street was laid out in 1666. At times the street has been referred to as Main Central and High Street as well as Broadway. But by 1790, it had come to be known by its present name. Originally it extended from Clay Street on the north to…