Newark Streets

Old Newark


Most viewed - High Street (Martin Luther King Blvd.)
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801 High Street1517 views801 is the house to the right of the Hotel.
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801 High Street1478 views
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550 High Street1371 viewsArts High School
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High Street & Brientall Place1351 views~1905
Broderson Apartment House
From "Views of Newark" Published by L. H. Nelson Company ~1905
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601 High Street1341 viewsKrueger Mansion
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367 High Street1310 viewsNewark Technical School
From the 1949 Nucleus
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601 High Street1299 viewsKrueger Mansion - 1901
From: "Newark, the Metropolis of New Jersey" Published by the Progress Publishing Co. 1901
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235 High Street1255 viewsMorton Brewery - Late 1800s
From "Historic Newark" Published 1916 for the Fidelity Trust Company
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698 High Street1244 viewsCoe Mansion
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241 High Street1238 viewsEngine Co. #4 & Ladder Co. #2
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357 High Street1215 viewsCentral High School
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750 High Street1208 viewsHome for Incurables and Convalescents
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391 High Street1148 viewsT. H. Deyo Grocer - 1901
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651 High Street1145 viewsBeth Israel Hospital ~1910
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227 High Street1145 viewsThe Mansfield Company - Pepsin Gums
From "Newark - The City of Industry" Published 1912
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601 High Street1140 viewsKrueger Mansion
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323 High Street1113 viewsNewark Orphan Asylum
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367 High Street1109 viewsNewark Technical School
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652 High Street1107 viewsYMHA
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304 High Street1098 viewsSt. Michael's Hospital
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710 High Street1084 viewsFeigenspan Mansion
Photo from the Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
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681 High Street1080 viewsSt. Barnabas Hospital
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532 High Street1079 viewsSt. Mary's (German) Roman Catholic Church
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783 High Street1073 viewsCongregation B'nai Jeshurun/First Jewish Synagogue
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532 High Street1071 viewsSt. Mary's (German) Roman Catholic Church
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768 High Street1065 viewsWright's Sanitarium
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672 High Street1062 viewsCongregation Oheb-Shalom Third Jewish Synagogue
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388 High Street1051 viewsNew Domestic Sewing Machine Company - 1901
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520 High Street1049 viewsSt. Benedict's School
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588 High Street1029 viewsSeventh/High Street Presbyterian Church
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479 High Street1027 viewsCongregation B'Nai Abraham/Second Jewish Synagogue
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466 High Street1026 viewsSt. Paul's/Fifth Episcopal Church
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559 High Street995 viewsSt. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Catholic Church
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High Street & Court Street 1888 Snowstorm783 viewsPhoto from Newark Public Library
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651 High Street760 viewsPhoto from "Newark 1909 - 1910"
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710 High Street688 viewsFeigenspan Mansion
2002/2003
Photo from Jule Spohn
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High Street and Springfield Avenue683 views
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304 High Street674 viewsSt. Michael's Hospital
2002/2003
Photo from Jule Spohn
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323 High Street673 viewsNJIT Adminstration Office
2002/2003
Photo from Jule Spohn
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High Street & Springfield Avenue664 views1860
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465 High Street646 viewsEssex County Hall of Records
2002/2003
Photo from Jule Spohn
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401 High Street645 views
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727 High Street638 viewsHigh Street & Spruce Street
Photo from Newark NJ Illustrated 1891
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437 High Street632 viewsBabies Hospital
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757 High Street626 viewsFrom "Shade Tree Commission of the City of Newark, New Jersey" 1915
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550 High Street624 viewsArts High School
2002/2003
Photo from Jule Spohn
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645 High Street618 viewsPrivate Laboratory of Edward Weston
From "Essex County, NJ, Illustrated 1897":
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High & Montgomery Streets603 viewsSt. Barnabas Hospital
Postcard
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224 High Street602 viewsAftermath of the 1910 Newark Factory Fire
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591 High Street602 views1909
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High & Spruce Streets595 viewsPhoto from "Newark & It's Leading Businessmen 1891"
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594 viewsPostcard
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640-642 High Street590 views
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High & Spruce Streets590 viewsAlbright Mansion
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High & Orange Streets (sw corner)588 viewsFrom: "Newark, the Metropolis of New Jersey" Published by the Progress Publishing Co. 1901
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584 views
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783-799 High Street578 views~1905
From "Views of Newark" Published by L. H. Nelson Company ~1905
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540/544 High Street576 views~1905
From "Views of Newark" Published by L. H. Nelson Company ~1905
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683-667 High Street574 viewsPhoto from the NPL
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672 High Street572 viewsCongregation Oheb-Shalom
From "Newark, the City of Industry" Published by the Newark Board of Trade 1912
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295 High Street569 viewsPhoto from NNJM
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High Street & Central Avenue566 views
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588 High Street558 viewsHigh Street Presbyterian
2002/2003
Photo from Jule Spohn
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696 High Street558 views
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699-703 High Street558 viewsPhoto from the NPL
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485 High Street557 viewsPhoto from "Newark 1909 - 1910"
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464 High Street554 viewsWilliam Rankin Residence (1830)
From "Old South High Street":
Among the first houses built on High Street (MLKJr Blvd) were those of the Longworth family, at Spruce & High Streets and that of the Rankin family at "Hill Park". The Rankin home was purchased and occupied by Edward Rankin in 1833. It stood back of the old Court House and the property ran from High Street on the east to Boston Street on the west. The stately old mansion stood back 500 feet from High Street and was approached by a driveway, shaded by horse chestnut trees. The balance of this estate, some hundreds of acres, was cared for and cultivated like an English gentleman's estate, and in the charge of a Scotchman named Lee.
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High & Spruce Streets551 viewsFrom "Old South High Street" 1929

In winter this street was a carnival place. There was little traffic on the cross streets and the pavement was smooth. A little ice and snow made good sleigh-riding, and the owners of fine horses came here to race them with other owners, and they did so from Mercer Street on the north to beyond Spruce Street, and walked the horses slowly back on the east side. The sidewalks were lined with people as on a circus parade day.

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This is a drawing of the corner of High & Spruce Streets with the Albright Mansion in the background.
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High Street proposed straightening at Orange Street and Eighth Avenue543 viewsFrom "City Planning for Newark" 1913
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613 High Street Looking North543 viewsPhoto from "Newark & It's Leading Businessmen 1891"
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High Street & Clinton Avenue541 viewsPhoto from "Newark & It's Leading Businessmen 1891"
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699-703 High Street541 viewsPhoto from the NPL
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