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Military Park (Newark)
Military Park Commons Historic District | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Park Place, Broad St, E. Park Street and Raymond Boulevard Newark, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°44′23″N 74°10′9″W / 40.73972°N 74.16917°W |
| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Built | 1916 |
| Architect | John H. Ely, Wilson C. Ely; Guilbert and Betelle |
| Architectural style | Renaissance, Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 04000649[1] |
| NJRHP No. | 1283[2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 18, 2004 |
| Designated NJRHP | August 29, 1990 |
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Military Park is a 6-acre (24,000 m2) city park in Downtown Newark in Newark, New Jersey. Along with Lincoln Park and Washington Park, it makes up the three downtown parks in Newark that were laid out in the colonial era. It is a nearly triangular park located between Park Place, Rector Street and Broad Street.
The New Jersey Historical Society, Military Park Building, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the Robert Treat Center and the newly built One Theatre Square and 50 Rector St buildings are located across Park Place from the park. A $3.25 million renovation led by Dan Biederman was announced in February 2012.[3][4] The reconstruction was expected to be completed in late 2013,[5][6] but due to harsh weather was postponed until spring 2014.[7] A casual restaurant, Burg, does business in the park.[8] The park reopened in June 2014.[9]
- ^ "National Register Information System – (#04000649)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Essex County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. December 22, 2021. p. 19.
- ^ Read, Philip (November 2, 2010). "Organizer who transformed New York's Bryant Park to remake Newark's Military Park". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
- ^ Foderard, Lisa (February 6, 2013). "Revival Is Planned for a Derelict Downtown Newark Park". The New York Times. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
- ^ "Construction under way for Newark's new Military Park". NJ.com. May 28, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ^ "Newark's Historic Military Park Undergoing a Revival Benefiting Surrounding Businesses and College Students". www.newark.Rutgers.edu. Rutgers University, Newark. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ^ "As Military Park reopens, developers talk challenges and changes". NJ.com. May 13, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ^ "Historic Newark park to ink deal for a restaurant". NJ.com. December 4, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ^ "Military Park opens with music, politicians' praise". NJ.com. June 14, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
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