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22-545: Newark has been a center for the insurance industry since the early 19th century and has been home to Firemen's Insurance Company and Mutual Benefit Life . The Prudential Insurance headquarters are prominent buildings within the Four Corners Historic District . The American Insurance Company was incorporated February 20, 1846, and commenced business on April 1, 1846. The company maintained offices downtown on Broad Street and later Park Place. A new home office

44-473: A staffed 24-foot-tall (7.3 m) traffic control tower stood at the intersection. The historic district is one of seven in Newark. The Four Corners Historic District is roughly bounded by Raymond Boulevard , Mulberry, Hill, and Washington streets and University Avenue. The district established in 1999–2000 encompasses an area of 85 acres (340,000 m ) and includes many buildings which themselves are listed on

66-420: Is expected to cost $ 71 million and be a catalyst for continued renaissance of downtown as a residential as well as commercial community. The project is financed through grants, tax credits, and bond issues. Renovations are expected to begin in 2014 and completed in 2015. and will include public performance spaces and a penthouse for the school's chancellor. Home Office Building The Home Office Building

88-586: Is located adjacent to Military Park at 10 Park Place in Newark , Essex County , New Jersey , United States. The building was built in 1928 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places 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

110-490: Is the intersection of Broad and Market Streets in Newark , New Jersey . It is the site of the city's earliest settlement and the heart of Downtown Newark that at one time was considered the busiest intersection in the United States. The area that radiates twenty-two square blocks from the crossroads is a state and federal historic district . The crossing became the center of the town soon after establishment in 1666;

132-408: Is under construction at the intersection of Broad and Hill streets. In December 2012, the city council approved plans for further renovations in the district which would extend the neighborhood to Market Street that would rehabilitate former commercial buildings to residential and retail spaces. A similar proposal has been made for the former Newark Paramount Theatre movie palace. In January 2014,

154-530: The First National State Bank Building , the Newark and New York Railroad terminal, Newark City Hall at Government Center and historic Grace Church (Episcopal) . The Prudential Center borders this section at Mulberry Street. A new hotel (Mariott Courtyard) and retail complex at Broad and Lafayette Streets is located there. Several buildings in the southeast quadrant have been renovated for residential spaces. The southwest quadrant of

176-617: The Rutgers School of Law in Newark consolidated into the skyscraper located near the main campus. It was named it in honor of Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr. , a 1916 graduate of the New Jersey Law School (a forerunner of the law school) and founder of Advance Publications and housed the SI Newhouse Center for Law and Justice from 1979 to 1999. after which time the building remained empty. Rutgers originally intended to develop

198-667: The American Insurance Group. The company was acquired by the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company in 1963 the combined company for a time known as the Fireman's Fund American Insurance Group. In 1977 the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company announced it would be moving its corporate headquarters from downtown Newark to a new campus in suburban Morris Plains, N.J. The company donated its soon to be vacated building to Rutgers University. After outgrowing facilities in several buildings in downtown

220-515: The building as a hotel, but the project fell through after September 11, 2001 . In February 2012, the university announced that it planned to renovate the vacant structure for graduate student housing, citing the growing need and prime location near the campus and the Newark Broad Street Station . The project calls for a conversion into a mixed-use complex with furnished studio apartments and one- to four-bedroom units for 350 students. It

242-518: The crossing of streets named Broad and Market is seen in many of the colonial cities in New Jersey , such as Paterson and Trenton and the United States, such as Philadelphia . In Newark, Broad Street, as the name suggests, is a wide avenue which runs north to Military Park and Broad Street Station , while to the south it passes Government Center and Symphony Hall . Market Street to the east passes Gateway Center and Newark Penn Station , while to

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264-607: The district became the city's modern business district , and site of its first skyscraper built by the Firemen's Insurance Company at the southeast corner in 1910. The Newark Public Service Terminal on Broad Street opened in 1916. Though faded in its former glory, the Four Corners district remains Newark's traditional center for commerce and business and since the late 2000s, the focus of much interest in revitalizing retail, residential, and restaurant activity downtown. The names and

286-563: The finance company, including the Gibraltar Building on Halsey Street , are found there, as is the original flagship store of the department store Bamberger's . The city's two tallest buildings, the neoclassical National Newark and Art Deco Eleven 80 , are found in the northeast quadrant near the abutting historic district of Military Park . The southeast quadrant is home to the Kinney Building, Old First Presbyterian Church ,

308-549: The historic district is home to Teachers Village , a neighborhood in which since 2010s has undergone revitalization through new construction and renovation. New construction and renovations in the neighborhood such as the mixed-use buildings, the William Flats, the approved 19-story Vibe and the planned 40-story Halo . as well as new restaurants, shops, bank, and a planned Eataly -style food marketplace. An IHOP restaurant with five floors of market rate apartments on top

330-471: The home of founder Robert Treat was located at the southwest corner. During the next centuries it remained the focal point of the city which grew around it. By 1834, the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company had established a terminal to the south and in 1869, the Newark and New York Railroad had one to the north. During the period of massive expansion at the start of the 20th century,

352-489: The national and state registers of historic places. The area is considered vital in the redevelopment of the city, located between city attractions, residential neighborhoods, educational and commercial institutions. In 2010, in order to promote the restoration of facades in the district the city has implemented stricter signage policy for any renovations. The northwest quadrant of the district has been home to Prudential Headquarters since its founding. Three buildings built by

374-399: 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. Four Corners (Newark) The Four Corners Historic District

396-581: The prominent Newark firm John H. and Wilson C. Ely. A major restoration of the building by the Berger Organization was begun in 1989 for continued use as professional offices ... There are proposals to convert the building to residences. 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

418-530: The west are the Essex County Veterans Courthouse and the university campuses located in the city. It has long been a busy crossroad. In 1915, Public Service counted over 280,000 pedestrian crossings in one thirteen-hour period. Eleven years later, on October 26, 1926, a State Motor Vehicle Department check at the Four Corners counted 2,644 trolleys, 4,098 buses, 2,657 taxis, 3,474 commercial vehicles, and 23,571 automobiles. Between 1925 and 1939

440-497: Was completed in 1930. The sixteen story neo-classical tower is 326 ft (99 m) tall. A main interior feature is a "great hall" with 20 ft (6.1 m) ceilings and 15 ft (4.6 m) windows. The building was designed by the father and son architectural firm, John H. & Wilson C. Ely , which also designed the National Newark Building and Newark City Hall . The American Insurance Company later became

462-402: 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 16,000 square feet (1,490 m ) of space. The Berger Organization purchased the building in 1990, the same year a plaque

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484-611: Was placed on it by the Newark Preservation and Landmarks Committee. The building underwent renovations in 2006. An inscription on a bronze plaque placed by the Newark Preservation and Landmarks Committee reads: This insurance company was founded in 1855 in Newark. These headquarters were built during the height of the company's expansion in 1924-1928. This ten story structure features Classical Revival ornamentation on facades and in major interior spaces. The architects were

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