Kastner Mansion

Title

Kastner Mansion

Description

A nineteenth-century mansion built for brewer Franz Kastner. Seriously damaged by fire in 2019 and 2023.

Date

19th century.

State

demolished

Condition History

Uninhabited as of 2000. Caught fire in 2019, leaving it in very poor condition. Caught fire again in 2023 reducing it to rubble.

Style

Victorian

Web Resources

Article about 2019 fire https://web.archive.org/web/20231122153926/https://jerseydigs.com/kastner-mansion-in-newark-could-be-rebuilt-under-new-plan/
Article about 2023 fire https://web.archive.org/web/20231113165418/https://www.tapinto.net/towns/newark/sections/development/articles/fire-reduces-newark-s-historic-kastner-mansion-to-rubble
Article about unfulfilled restoration plans
https://web.archive.org/web/20231122170548/https://jerseydigs.com/kastner-descendant-dreams-of-new-life-for-historic-mansion/

Collection

Citation

“Kastner Mansion,” DANA, accessed October 10, 2024, https://dana.njit.edu/items/show/1172.

Output Formats

Geolocation


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