Essex Club | |
 Essex Club, current location of the NJ Historical Society | |
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| Location | 52 Park Place Newark, New Jersey |
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| Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
| Built | 1926 |
| Architect | Guilbert and Betelle |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 91000110[1] |
| NJRHP No. | 1245[2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 22, 1991 |
| Designated NJRHP | January 14, 1991 |
The New Jersey Historical Society is ahistorical society andmuseum located inNewark,Essex County,New Jersey, United States. The Historical Society is housed in the former headquarters of the Essex Club. It has two floors of exhibition space, a gift shop, and a hall for lectures. The NJHS offers occasional Newark walking tours. The Society formerly published theacademic journal,New Jersey History.
Exhibitions can be found on the second and third floor while the library reading room is housed on the fifth floor, formerly the Essex Clubsquash courts
The Society is open to the public. Members are free, while non-members pay an admission fee. Patrons visiting the library are encouraged to make an appointment. The current director is Steven Tettamanti.
The society was founded in 1845 atTrenton by intellectual and business leaders of New Jersey includingJoseph C. Hornblower,Robert Gibbon Johnson,Peter D. Vroom andWilliam A. Whitehead. In 1846, the society relocated to Newark and has been there ever since.
Its original headquarters in Newark were located on Market Street. In 1931 it leftDowntown Newark for a large colonial-style building partially paid for byLouis Bamberger at 230Broadway, east ofBranch Brook Park.
In 1997 the Historical Society returned downtown, to 52 Park Place, onMilitary Park. The new home is aGeorgian style building vacated by the Essex Club that was designed byGuilbert & Betelle. The building was built in 1926 and had been added to theNational Register of Historic Places on February 22, 1991. In its first year in the downtown location visits increased almost fivefold.
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