The Forgotten Past of New Jersey

The most comprehensive online index of NJ's historic, endangered and forgotten buildings and infrastructure.

Sunday, April 5, 2020

Mercer Generating Station

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Most coal fired generating stations are retired because they're outdated in one way or another. Many more are shuttered each year as a r...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Westmont Theater

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Source The Westmont Theater opened in 1927 with 1,600 seats. The building was designed by architect William Wrifford, whose firm is cr...
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The Port Reading McMyler Coal Dumper

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Port Reading is a small unincorporated community in Middlesex County. Though technically part of Woodbridge, Port Reading was given the name...
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MIller Street School

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The city of Newark was booming at the turn of the century. The population increased 40% in the first decade of the 1900s. With this came a ...
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Saturday, February 8, 2020

Krueger-Scott Mansion

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Source I remember when I first rode past the old Krueger Scott mansion as a young passenger in my father's car. I was fascinated...
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Friday, February 7, 2020

Village Hall

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Downtown South Orange is one of the last places one would expect to find a large vacant building. Despite this I kept driving past the old V...
Thursday, February 6, 2020

St Michaels Hospital

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The story of St Michael's Medical Center is one of the longest of all the Newark care facilities, going all the way back to 1868. At th...
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