New Jersey Bell Headquarters Building

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New Jersey Bell Headquarters Building
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Location540 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°44′35″N74°10′9″W / 40.74306°N 74.16917°W / 40.74306; -74.16917
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1929
Architect Ralph Thomas Walker; Voorhees, Gmelin and Walker
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No. 05001054 [1]
NJRHP No.3127 [2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 21, 2005
Designated NJRHPAugust 3, 2005

The New Jersey Bell Headquarters Building is located in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The building was built in 1929 by the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 21, 2005. The art deco building was designed by Ralph Thomas Walker of the architectural firm Voorhees, Gmelin, and Walker. The buff brick and sandstone façade is decorated with pilasters created by sculptor Edward McCartan. Since the building's opening, soft orange lights have bathed its upper floors at night. The building is 20 stories and 275 ft (84 m) tall. [3] The building later became headquarters for Verizon New Jersey, Inc. [4] [5] [6]

The building was sold in 2017 and has been converted to residential high-rise market rate apartments and renamed Walker House. Verizon still leases several floors in the building. [7] [8] It opened in 2019 as the Walker House, named for the architect who designed it. [9]

The Cory Booker 2020 presidential campaign opened in the building in March 2019. [10]

See also

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