The Home Office Building is located adjacent to
Military Park at 10 Park Place in
Newark
Newark most commonly refers to:
* Newark, New Jersey, city in the United States
* Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey; a major air hub in the New York metropolitan area
Newark may also refer to:
Places Canada
* Niagara-on-the ...
,
Essex County,
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
, United States. The building was built in 1928 and was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
on June 17, 1982.
The building is one of two existing structures in downtown Newark commissioned by the Firemen's Insurance Company, an insurance company founded in 1855, to house its offices.
The Military Park building was designed by prominent father-and-son Newark architects
John H. & Wilson C. Ely. Construction began in 1924 and the building was completed in 1928. In 1982 the building was designated a New Jersey Historic Place and a National Historic Place. The 10-story building has of space. The Berger Organization purchased the building in 1990, the same year a plaque was placed on it by the Newark Preservation and Landmarks Committee. The building underwent renovations in 2006.
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An inscription on a bronze plaque placed by the ''Newark Preservation and Landmarks Committee'' reads:
Firemen's Insurance Building
An elaborate Victorian Firemen's Insurance Company Building was constructed at Broad and Market Streets circa 1870. It featured a metallic fireman scupluture on one of its mansarded towers. A tower replaced it in 1910.
The 1910 Firemen's Insurance Building replaced it on the northeast corner of Broad and Market streets, at
Four Corners, the spot was once considered one of the busiest intersections in the United States. Completed in 1910, the sixteen-story structure was the first skyscraper in the city, and the
tallest in the entire state.
The architects were Marvin, Davis & Turton.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Newark
Newark, the largest city in New Jersey and second largest in New York metropolitan area, is one of the United States' major air, shipping, and rail hubs. It has a distinctive skyline, though shorter than that of much larger New York City and s ...
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Fireman's Insurance Company Building, Washington DC
References
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Neoclassical architecture in New Jersey
Office buildings completed in 1924
National Register of Historic Places in Newark, New Jersey
Insurance company headquarters in the United States
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Skyscraper office buildings in Newark, New Jersey