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Historic Lincoln Park Church Facade

Lincoln Park’s South Park Calvary Presbyterian Church is one of the oldest anchor institutions in the Lincoln Park Neighborhood and a symbol of freedom for Black, Indigenous People of Color in Newark. It was a house of worship where Black ministers were often invited to preach while also served as the home to Newark’s largest women’s club- The Contemporary Club.


It was Newark’s first racially integrated presbyterian church and an architectural to behold. Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) began restoration around 2008, just before the economic downturn. 

 

 This year, Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District, along with Gensler and a partner developer will break ground on the site behind the façade, on which will become a new affordable and work force housing project with approximately 70-units of new residential housing, community and performance space and the home of the new LPCCD offices. 

 

The Lincoln Park Facade Project’s prime location will serve as a hub of the Lincoln Park Neighborhood’s “Creative Economy” where the entrepreneurs, creatives, and the working class can do business with and patronize anchor Institutions and small businesses. This project will be the lynchpin to drive equitable economic development in the catchment area.

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South Park Presbyterian Church, 1033 Broad Street, Front Elevation East (1936). Library of Congress. Photo: Merritt Lacey
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South Park Presbyterian Church, 1033 Broad Street, Detail of Marble Pulpit (1936). Library of Congress. Photo: Merritt Lacey
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South Park Presbyterian Church, 1033 Broad Street, Balcony Bay Interior (1936). Library of Congress. Photo: Merritt Lacey
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South Park Presbyterian Church, 1033 Broad Street, Pulpit and Interior (1936). Library of Congress. Photo: Merritt Lacey
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South Park Presbyterian Church, 1033 Broad Street, Organ Loft Interior (1936). Library of Congress. Photo: Merritt Lacey
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Lincoln Park Church Facade Property, 1033 Broad Street, Exterior (circa 2016). Courtesy of Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District Photo: Kim J. Ford, BRND Marketing Group LLC
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Lincoln Park Church Facade Property, 1033 Broad Street, Exterior (circa 2010s). Google Images
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Lincoln Park Church Facade Property, 1033 Broad Street, Exterior Rendering of Future Development. Rendering: Gensler.
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