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Newark PoliceIn memory ofPolice OfficerDewey J. Sherbo IIINovember 9, 19971603 [ Second Marker : ]Dedicated to Newark Police OfficerDewey Joseph Sherbo, IIIwho sacrificed his life serving his communityNovember 9, 1997
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7Q_forest-hill_Newark-NJ.html
For more than a century this has been one of the finest residential areas in New Jersey. Development began in the 1870s, and continued into the 1920s. The Ballantines, the Clarks and other families who had amassed fortunes in local industry create…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7N_branch-brook-park_Newark-NJ.html
This is the oldest park in the first county park system established in the United States, and an outstanding example of naturalistic landscape design. The Essex County Park Commission, formed in 1895, acquired the first 60 acres from the City of N…
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/HMYB9_belleville-avenue-church_Newark-NJ.html
This building was constructed in 1874 and enlarged in 1884 by the Belleville Avenue Congregational Church. It was designed in high Victorian Gothic style by William Appleton Potter. Clinton Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church purchase…
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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/HMUTZ_mount-pleasant-cemetery_Newark-NJ.html
Mount Pleasant, Newark's oldest remaining cemetery, opened in 1844. One of the first secular cemeteries, it is a masterpiece of landscaping. Its 36 rolling acres and varied monuments reflect romantic Victorian attitudes toward death. Many New Jers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUED_saint-lucys-church_Newark-NJ.html
Founded in 1891, this parish has been built and sustained through the labor, generosity and faith of Italian immigrants and their descendants. St. Lucy's long was the religious and cultural heart of Newark's "Little Italy", the old 1st Ward. This …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTPY_forest-hill-historic-district_Newark-NJ.html
For more than a century this has been one of he finest residential areas in New Jersey. Development began in the 1870s, and continued into the 1920s. The Ballantines, the Clarks and other families who had amassed fortunes in local industry created…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTOJ_branch-brook-park-historic-site_Newark-NJ.html
This is the oldest park in the first county park system established in the United States, and an outstanding example of naturalistic landscape design. The Essex County Park Commission, formed in 1895, acquired the first 60 acres from the City of N…
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