Offices at Walker House, Newark, NJ The Offices at Walker House, Newark | Page 2
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540 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey
Built in 1929 and designed for the New Jersey
Bell Telephone Company by famed architect
Ralph Thomas Walker, the Art Deco building is
known for its majestic lobby and brick-and-
sandstone exterior, which were added to the
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in
2005.
The building has been home to the regional
offices of Verizon, which will continue to
occupy the building’s 4th floor.
“
540 Broad is a majestic symbol
of Newark’s past and Newark’s
present with its magnificent
landmarked art deco design, history
as the nerve center of New Jersey Bell,
and future as a vital mixed-income,
mixed-use architectural treasure.
~ Newark Mayor Ras Baraka
”