Warren Street School (Newark, New Jersey)
The Warren Street School, a landmark eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, was located at 197-207 Warren Street in Newark, New Jersey. Designed by Newark-based architect Jeremiah O'Rourke, it was the third oldest public school in the country’s third oldest city. Developer RISE Real Estate demolished the landmark in 2021 at the direction of the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Entrance sign before demolition
Terracotta ornament before demolition
Jeremiah O'Rourke, FAIA,, was an Irish-American architect known primarily for his designs of Roman Catholic churches and institutions and Federal post offices. He was a founder of the Newark-based architectural firms of Jeremiah O'Rourke and Jeremiah O'Rourke & Sons.
O'Rourke's Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark
St. Mary's Church in Wharton, New Jersey