The New Jersey Bell Headquarters Building is located in

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, Essex County,

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, United States. The building was built in 1929 by the

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and was added to the

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on September 21, 2005. The

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building was designed by

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of the architectural firm Voorhees, Gmelin, and Walker. The buff brick and sandstone façade is decorated with pilasters created by sculptor

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. Since the building's opening, soft orange lights have bathed its upper floors at night. The building is 20 stories and tall. The building later became headquarters for Verizon New Jersey, Inc. The building was sold in 2017 and has been converted to residential high-rise market rate apartments and renamed Walker House. Verizon still leases several floors in the building. It opened in 2019 as the Walker House, named for the architect who designed it. The

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opened in the building in March 2019.

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