January 2025.
The final Newark installment…here we go. This was originally intended to be part of part 4, but that post got so long that I had to split it in two.
Old Police Station [demolished]
A postcard of the old police station. (Newark’s Lost Buildings)
Newark’s old police station was located on the east side of North 4th Street, north of where City Hall stands today. Its classical design lends its construction to probably c. 1900. The site is a parking lot today.
Newark Arcade
I discussed the history of this building in an earlier part, but its rear entrance is located on the east side of 4th Street. I didn’t know that it was so different stylistically and figured this was a separate building until I saw the “ARCADE” lintel above the door.
Masonic Temple
This rather elaborate five-story building at the northeast corner of 4th Street and Church Street is one of Newark’s tallest buildings. It is Beaux-Arts in style, but it doesn’t employ classical ornamentation. The Masonic Temple was built in 1909 with commercial space in its base and space for the lodge in the upper floors. The building has been slightly altered, mainly with new storefronts and an Art Moderne overhang over the main entrance, but it remains original otherwise.
The west facade:
Detail of the central windows and the surrounding ornamentation:
Looking southeast:
Detail of the carved lintel and Art Moderne awning:
The inside looks remarkably original, too. Note the radiator, tile flooring, and five-panel door with original hardware.
Telephone Building
A dignified Art Deco composition, the Telephone Building’s decoration is an excellent example of applied ornament’s last gasp. It was built in 1929 with two stories, and the third story above is an addition from 1967. The buff brick, proportions, and pilasters were maintained, but the addition is undecorated. I particularly like the stone (marble?) entrance and the ornamental panels above the second floor.
7-11 North 4th Street
A historic photo of 7-11 North 4th Street and its surroundings. (Newark’s Lost Buildings)
This building is a really odd duck. It has been heavily altered in some areas, yet remains completely original in others. It was built in the Italianate style as a single structure divided into three modules.
An August 2023 view of the building. (Google Maps)
The southernmost portion is the most highly altered area of the building. Its storefront appears more period-correct to the building and could be original. However, its masonry and cornice have been painted in a modern color scheme. I thought the oriel window was a later addition due to the fact that it is out of scale with the rest of the building, but it is apparently original, just highly altered with vinyl siding and smaller windows. Regardless, it still clashes heavily.
The northern two modules of 7-11 North 4th Street have the opposite treatment. Their storefronts have been modernized and the first floor clad in white paneling. However, the second floor tells an entirely different story. Though the large windows have been either bricked up or replaced with smaller vinyl windows, many original details remain. The masonry and elaborate drip molds survive intact and unpainted. The cornice is damaged, but its coloring is more period-correct. Amazingly, the original painted signs have survived to this day in the recessed bays beneath the cornice. It seems the central module was a billiard hall, while the northern part sold stoves and tinware.
Hotel Ludlow [demolished]
The Hotel Ludlow prior to its occupancy by the Salvation Army. (Newark’s Lost Buildings)
This building was located between 7-11 and 17 North 4th Street. The Hotel Ludlow was an Eclectic design, incorporating Romanesque Revival features such as the vaulted portal and classical ones like the balustrade above the cornice. It was the home of Newark’s Salvation Army from after WWI until the building was condemned in 1952. It’s a shame that its less elaborate neighbors survived longer.
17 North 4th Street
This heavily altered late Victorian building has had its second floor windows bricked up and painted, as well as its original central bay window removed. I think the end result has an interesting effect.
Plymouth United/Plymouth Congregational Church
Plymouth Congregational Church’s original building, c. 1900s. (Ohio History Connection)
The Plymouth Church of Newark was established in 1879, meeting in a variety of locations before their first church building was built in 1884. It appeared to be a simple frame Gothic Revival church, its detail largely in its windows and porch woodwork.
A 1911 postcard of the current Plymouth Church. (eBay)
The original church was demolished in 1909 to build their extant building, which is of stone. A more stalwart and less vertical Gothic Revival structure, it is very similar to the nearby First Presbyterian Church on Church Street, which has the same organization and an almost identical rose window.
63 North 4th Street
This building matches the buff brick exterior of its neighbor across the street. The facade is a simple Art Deco-era composition, with three long bays that extend three floors upward. The dark spandrels emphasize the building’s verticality. Three stone tablets are centered above each bay. It’s not visible in this picture, but the remainder of the building is normal red brick, and the current facade could be an alteration.
First United Methodist Church/First Church [missed]
I got this photo of some of Newark’s prominent church steeples, First Methodist being at center, but I unfortunately missed these elaborate buildings. It’s a shame that the more generic churches were in the area I covered and the grander ones were out of my way.
A postcard of First Methodist. (eBay)
First Church via Google Maps in 2019.
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church [missed]
St. Pauls’ original church building. (eBay)
The St. Paul’s Lutheran congregation was founded in the 1880s, as residents wanted an English-speaking Lutheran church. Its original building, pictured above, was the former Trinity Episcopal Church and was purchased in 1889. It was repaired and rededicated in 1890. This church building burned down on Easter night of 1923.
Google Maps capture of the current building in 2012.
The current building was dedicated in 1951, and its education annex was built in 1965. The 1950s is an awfully late time period to be building an orthodox Gothic Revival church, but its low stature and simple tower could speak to that era.
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church [missed]
A postcard of St. Francis. (eBay)
This church would have been really out of my way, but it’s one of Newark’s most elaborate. St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church is a Richardsonian Romanesque design located at the intersection of North 6th Street and Granville Street. It was built circa 1887 as the congregation’s third. Its elaborate brickwork, large vaults, and massive stained-glass windows are hallmarks of the church’s architecture.
2019 captures of the school and Lamy Center. (Google Maps)
To the east of the church are two other buildings, which are similarly interesting in their architecture. The easternmost is the school, which was probably built c. 1910-1920 in the Neoclassical style. The central building is the Lamy Center, which serves as extra office and classroom space. It was built in 1993 as a Postmodern composition, and its architecture combines elements of the Richardsonian Romanesque church (arches, portal, peaked gables) and the Neoclassical school (massing, cornice, fenestration).
Sources:
https://pocketsights.com/tours/tour/Newark-Historic-Newark-Downtown-Walking-Tour-4865
https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/01001482.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbdY0OWBCEM
https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll124/id/116
https://www.ebay.com/itm/267045709161
https://www.ebay.com/itm/405679601280
https://www.ebay.com/itm/371296348489
https://www.stpaulselca.org/history
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