B&W photo of apartment building at 568-572 South 19th Street, Newark.
Entry/Object ID
2023.011.0250
Description
Two people are on the sidewalk near the entrance. A sign on a chain-link fence reads: M. BENKO FUEL OIL [illegible] BLUE COAL KOPPERS COKE. The trees are leafless. Circa 1950s automobiles are parked next to the building and along the curb.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Subject
Apartment building; H-shaped plan; 4 stories plus raised basement; 7 bays on front façade including a deeply recessed central bay; brick façade except stone on basement level; single and triple 6/1 sash windows; flat roof; brick parapet with pinnacles and pediments; brick frieze diamond ornaments; brick and stone lintels and stone sills; central recessed entrance accessed by staircase with square newels and stone balusters; fire escape; stone sill course on first and fourth floors.
