The Caldwell Public Library is a 1917 Classical Revival Carnegie library, designed by architect and Caldwell resident Lynn Grover Lockward. It is one of four Carnegie libraries in Essex County still in its original building. Industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie funded 2,509 ... » Learn More about Caldwell Public Library
Municipal Building
Records Storage Building
The Records Storage Building, which sits at the northeast edge of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&WRR) rail yard in Hoboken, is a three-story, red brick building that has stylistic references to English Victorian Gothic Revival architecture. Features are also ... » Learn More about Records Storage Building
Maplewood Police Headquarters
UPDATES: 07/2010 Update: The Maplewood Township Committee voted to proceed with negotiating a redevelopment agreement with a developer for the purchase and development of the old police station. A multi-unit residential development of three floors of housing above one floor of parking is proposed ... » Learn More about Maplewood Police Headquarters
Belcoville Post Office
UPDATES: 2/2009 - Since May 2008, the township has repaired the roof and installed lighting as well as a new sign indicating the property’s historic nature and construction date. In February 2009, the township received a grant from the New Jersey Historic Trust to conduct a charrette to discuss the ... » Learn More about Belcoville Post Office
Atlantic City Post Office
UPDATES: 4/2010: Demolition of the Atlantic City Post Office has begun. The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority is overseeing the demolition: the building is being cleared for the road widening originally deemed necessary for Pinnacle Development's proposed casino project on the site of the ... » Learn More about Atlantic City Post Office
Newark Fire Company No. 1
UPDATES: Unfortunately, like many other historic resources in Newark’s central business district, this building too fell victim to the hockey arena and road realignment plans of the City of Newark. City officials ignored an Executive Order 215 that requires an environmental impact statement be ... » Learn More about Newark Fire Company No. 1
Essex County Jail
UPDATES: 07/2010: University Heights Science Park (UHSP) has sought several times to obtain the approval to level most of the surviving structure from the City's Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission or from the NJ HPO and has failed. On September 29, the City of Newark's Landmarks and ... » Learn More about Essex County Jail
Cliffside Park Post Office
DESCRIPTION: The Cliffside Park Post Office is a fine, Colonial-revival structure that is an architectural landmark for the community. Built in 1935, the building is a one-story, rectangular structure capped by a hipped, copper roof. The exterior walls of the Post Office are built of brick trimmed ... » Learn More about Cliffside Park Post Office
Exempt Firehouse
DESCRIPTION: The West New York firehouse on Polk Street had a long history of use by the community but is now vacant and suffering from deterioration, particularly on the interior where years of patching a leaking roof have resulted in collapsed ceilings, warped floorboards, and an infestation of ... » Learn More about Exempt Firehouse