Newark was my first trip outside of Columbus for the express purpose of documenting architecture, and it was what first allowed my blog to broaden its purview. I had intentions of expanding beyond Ohio State for a while, but Newark was the first of these many forays. I greatly enjoyed my trip--it was my first experience with the smaller-scale "courthouse square" typology of a downtown.
Newark is a city in central Ohio 40 miles east of Columbus, and it is the county seat of Licking County. It has a population of almost 50,000 people, which makes it the 18th-largest city in Ohio.
The land Newark sits on was home to the Hopewell culture from 100-500 CE, who built many mounds and earthworks within Licking County. The first American settlers arrived in 1802, and General William Schenck named the town after his hometown in New Jersey. Newark grew after it was connected to transportation and trade networks, such as the Ohio and Erie Canal, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad, Central Ohio Railroad, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Newark grew rapidly between 1870 and 1890, which is reflected in the downtown's architecture.
A ★ denotes a building with its own article.