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/
https://web.archive.org/web/20231122170548/https://jerseydigs.com/kastner-descendant-dreams-of-new-life-for-historic-mansion/
Collection
Citation
“Kastner Mansion,” DANA, accessed December 21, 2024, https://dana.njit.edu/items/show/1172.
Geolocation
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