Government Center is a district in Downtown Newark, New Jersey, bounded by Broad Street, Green Street, Mulberry Street, and Beach Street and named for the presence of government buildings centered around a plaza called Federal Square.New York Times December 12, 1989 Grace Episcopal Church, a national historic site, where the tune of America the Beautiful was written, is within the area. The larger-than-life bust Justice, a statue of George Floyd and another of Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson are in the district.
Government Center is just south of the Four Corners Historic District and the Prudential Center and north of Newark Symphony Hall. Federal Square had once been called Vroom Alley, but was later renamed.Engineering News-Record. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1917. To the east along Mulberry Street is the area that at one time was Newark's Chinatown.When Newark Had a Chinatown, accessed November 2, 2007
While Government Center is the concentration of federal and municipal buildings, Newark is also the county seat of in Essex County. County government buildings are located at the Essex County Government Complex, the heart of which is the historic Essex County Courthouse, home of the New Jersey Superior Court.
Government buildings
BuildingImageStreet addressOrganizationDates of useNotesReferences Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office & Courthouse 2 Federal Square US District Court for NJ1936–presentFollowing design of George Oakley Totten Jr. Dedicated to Frank Lautenberg, U.S. Senator from New Jersey || Martin Luther King Building & U.S. Courthouse 50 Walnut Street US District Court for NJ1992–presentSite of sculpture JusticeNamed for civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. Peter Rodino, Jr. Federal Building 972 Broad StreetU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office 1967–present Named for US Representative Peter Rodino, Jr. (NJ-10) NY Times July 7, 1995Skyscraper: Rodino Federal Building+C+.com: Rodino Federal Office Building Newark City Hall 920 Broad Street Municipal Council of NewarkMayor of Newark 1902–present Statues of George Floyd and Kenneth A. Gibson, Mayor of Newark Newark Municipal Court 31 Green Street Ralph A. Villani BuildingFormer Newark Police Headquarters 22 Franklin Street Newark Police Department Named for Ralph A. Villani, Mayor of Newark (1949–1953) Newark Parking Authority 47-63 Green Street Newark Parking Authority 2019–present
See also Gibraltar Building Newark Legal Center
References
See also Federal courthouses in New Jersey County courthouses in New Jersey National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New Jersey
External links NJ Judiciary: Map of Newark offices