Government Center is a district in Downtown Newark, New Jersey, bounded by Broad Street, Green Street, Mulberry Street, and Beach Street and named for named for the presence of government buildings centered around a plaza called Federal Square. [1] [2] Grace Episcopal Church, a national historic site, where the tune of America the Beautiful was written, is within the area. The larger-than-life bust Justice , a statue of George Floyd and another of Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson are in the district.
Government Center is just south of the Four Corners Historic District and the Prudential Center and north of Newark Symphony Hall. Federal Square had once been called Vroom Alley, but was later renamed. [3] To the east along Mulberry Street is the area that at one time was Newark's Chinatown. [4]
While Government Center is the concentration of federal and municipal buildings, Newark is also the county seat of in Essex County. County government buildings are located at the Essex County Government Complex, the heart of which is the historic Essex County Courthouse, home of the New Jersey Superior Court.
Building | Image | Street address | Organization | Dates of use | Notes | References |
Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office & Courthouse | ![]() | 2 Federal Square | US District Court for NJ | 1936–present | Following design of George Oakley Totten Jr. Dedicated to Frank Lautenberg, U.S. Senator from New Jersey | |
Martin Luther King Building & U.S. Courthouse | ![]() | 50 Walnut Street | US District Court for NJ | 1992–present | Site of sculpture Justice Named for civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. | [5] [6] |
Peter Rodino, Jr. Federal Building | | 972 Broad Street | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office | 1967–present | Named for US Representative Peter Rodino, Jr. (NJ-10) | [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] |
Newark City Hall | ![]() | 920 Broad Street | Municipal Council of Newark Mayor of Newark | 1902–present | Statues of George Floyd and Kenneth A. Gibson, Mayor of Newark | |
Newark Municipal Court | 31 Green Street | |||||
Ralph A. Villani Building Former Newark Police Headquarters | 22 Franklin Street | Newark Police Department | Named for Ralph A. Villani, Mayor of Newark (1949–1953) | |||
Newark Parking Authority | 47-63 Green Street | Newark Parking Authority | 2019–present | [13] [14] |
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The Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse is United States Post Office and courthouse of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey located at Government Center in Downtown Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. The building's cornerstone was laid in 1933 and the building was completed as a New Deal project in 1935. The building was named for U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg by an act of Congress in 2000.
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