B&W photo of mixed-use office building at 780-786 Broad Street, Newark.
Entry/Object ID
2023.011.0231
Description
Pedestrians are on the sidewalks and crossing the street at a busy intersection. Street signage reads: NO TURNS. Storefront signage reads: FRANKLIN SAVINGS BANK; U.S. SAVINGS BANK; WEBER and HEILBRONER; Hill's RESTAURANT BAR Cocktail Lounge; Borden's SODA ICE CREAM LUNCHEON; PARAMOUNT Jewelers DIAMONDS WATCHES; BERNARD SHOE REPAIR; Dr. Wm. MALLAS DENTAL SURGEON; MORRIS STEIGLER JEWELERS 188 MARKET ST. Real estate signage in a second floor window reads: SPACE FOR RENT RICHARD ABELES ROOM 1301 786 BROAD ST. Circa 1940s automobiles and city busses are in the street.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Subject
Mixed-use office building; listed in the US National Park Service Register of Historic Places as part of the Four Corners Historic District (NRIS ID 00001061); Classical Revival; 16 stories; 5 bays on front façade and 3 bays on side façade; 2-bay, 3 story addition on Broad Street; ground floor storefronts; limestone and terracotta façade with pilasters, ornamental festooned spandrels and lion's head waterspouts; double 1/1 sash windows; flat roof; stone parapet; bracketed and denticulated cornice.
