Newark Metropolitan Airport Buildings Explained

Newark Metropolitan Airport Buildings
Location:U.S. 22, Newark, New Jersey
Coordinates:40.7064°N -74.1625°W
Built:1934
Architecture:Art Deco
Added:December 12, 1980
Refnum:80002485
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:June 25, 1980
Designated Other1 Number:1295[1]
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Designated Other1 Color:
  1. ffc94b

The Newark Metropolitan Airport Buildings are at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey. Newark Metropolitan, opened in 1928, was the first major airport in the United States. The trio of Art Deco buildings, the Administration Building, Brewster Hangar and the Medical Building, were built in 1934 and dedicated by Amelia Earhart in 1935.[2] They were added to state and federal registers of historic places in 1980. In 2001, the Administration Building was relocated when a runway was lengthened,[3] and they have subsequently been renovated.[2] [4] The terminal was once adorned with murals by Arshile Gorky,[5] only two of which survive and are part of the Newark Museum collection.[6]

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  1. Web site: New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Essex County . New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office . 3 . January 10, 2010 . May 13, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090327025729/http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/essex.pdf . March 27, 2009 .
  2. Web site: Newark Metropolitan Airport. From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms. National Park Service. 2011-09-30.
  3. Web site: HISTORIC, 5,000-TON NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL, AN ART DECO LANDMARK, MAKING A 3,700-FOOT TRIP TO NEW SITE - The Move of the Central Section of Building 51 is the Heaviest Structure Move on Rubber-Tire Dollies in U.S. History . PANYNJ . Mar 28, 2001 . 2013-12-05.
  4. Web site: Press Releases.
  5. Web site: Arshile Gorky's Newark Airport Murals. Abstract Expressionism. warholstars.org. 2011-09-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20120402225213/http://www.warholstars.org/abstractexpressionism/artists/gorky/newark_airport.html. 2012-04-02. dead.
  6. News: Art; Gorky's Airport Murals at the Newark Museum. The New York Times. 13 June 1982. l. Shirey. David.