| New Jersey Bell Headquarters Building | |
| Location: | 540 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey |
| Coordinates: | 40.7431°N -74.1692°W |
| Built: | 1929 |
| Architect: | Ralph Thomas Walker |
| Architecture: | Art Deco |
| Added: | September 21, 2005 |
| Refnum: | 05001054 |
| Designated Other1 Name: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
| Designated Other1 Abbr: | NJRHP |
| Designated Other1 Link: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
| Designated Other1 Date: | August 3, 2005 |
| Designated Other1 Number: | 3127[1] |
| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
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The New Jersey Bell Headquarters Building is located in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The building was built in 1929 by the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 21, 2005. The art deco building was designed by Ralph Thomas Walker of the architectural firm Voorhees, Gmelin, and Walker. The buff brick and sandstone façade is decorated with pilasters created by sculptor Edward McCartan. Since the building's opening, soft orange lights have bathed its upper floors at night. The building is 20 stories and 275feet tall.[2] The building later became headquarters for Verizon New Jersey, Inc.[3] [4] [5]
The building was sold in 2017 and has been converted to residential high-rise market rate apartments and renamed Walker House. Verizon still leases several floors in the building.[6] [7] It opened in 2019 as the Walker House, named for the architect who designed it.[8]
The Cory Booker 2020 presidential campaign opened in the building in March 2019.[9]