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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S8H_the-19th-century-italianate-town-house_Newark-NJ.html
The Italianate Style Town HouseThe Polhemus House was a typical example of an Italianate town house, an urban residential building type popular between 1840 and 1870. The Italianate style is a characteristic by elaborate bold projecting exterior o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S7T_newark-washington-park-in-the-19th-century_Newark-NJ.html
OverviewThis land on which the Polhemus House was located (and where the Museum is now) is part of the James Street Commons Historic District, listed in the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places and geographically defined by Washing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S6N_perfect-vehicles-1988-90_Newark-NJ.html
Allan McCullum, Born 1944, Los Angeles, Lives and works in New York McCollum began making his Perfect Vehicles series in 1985, representing an iconic sculptural form in order to investigate the ways in which a single object can contain cultural…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S67_historic-site-grace-church_Newark-NJ.html
Newark's second oldest Episcopal parish was founded in 1837. The architect of the present brown freestone building, completed in 1848, was the famed Richard Upjohn, a master of English Gothic style. In 1882 Samuel A. Ward, a choir-master here, com…
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Founded in 1803, the Newark Charitable Society (now called the Newark Day Center) is one of the oldest social service agencies in the United States. After a plea from the pulpit of Old First Presbyterian Church, "Your neighbor is suffering, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYBA_donald-t-dust-home_Newark-NJ.html
This house, erected in 1893, was occupied and restored from 1976 until his death in 1992 by Donald T. Dust, one of the earliest and strongest leaders in the movement to save Newark landmarks. He founded the Newark Preservation and Landmarks Commit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYB7_st-patricks-pro-cathedral_Newark-NJ.html
Completed in 1850, St. Patrick's served as the seat of all Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops of Newark from the establishment of the diocese in 1853 until completion of Sacred Heart Cathedral in 1954. St. Patrick's, third oldest parish in New…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRCR_newark-covenant_Newark-NJ.html
This tablet is to commemorate the sacrifice, privation and fortitude of the pioneers who laid the foundation of the industrial, artistic, educational and religious life of Newark, and who entered into a covenant to that end.Signers of the Covenant…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRCA_first-settlers-of-newark_Newark-NJ.html
This tablet is placedupon this churchthe oldest of all ourlocal institutions,in memory ofthe first settlerswho founded"Ye town upon ye Pesayak"1666 Erected by the Newarkmembers of the New JerseySociety of ColonialDames of America · 1902
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRC2_revolutionary-war-soldiers-and-patriots-memorial_Newark-NJ.html
A Memorialto theRevolutionary War Soldiersand Patriotswho are known to be buriedin the cemetery adjoining this church. John Alling · Samuel Alling · Jabez Baldwin · Moses Baldwin · Sylvanias Baldwin · Stephen …
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