Mid-Town Historic District (Elizabeth, New Jersey)


Mid-Town Historic District is state and federal historic district in the central business district of Elizabeth, in Union County, New Jersey. It encompasses
2-210 and 1-233 Broad St.; 251-339 North Broad Street; 1190-1214 and 1201-1217 East Grand St.; 1125-1169 and 1140-1170 East Jersey Street, and parts of Dickinson Street, Commerce Place, Elizabeth Avenue, and Martin Luther King Plaza. Contributing properties include the Elizabeth Public Library, the Ritz Theatre and the individually listed First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth.

Buildings

Elizabeth is the fourth largest city by population in New Jersey and the seat of Union County. Located 5 miles south of Newark, Elizabeth has never developed a sizeable skyline, though mid-rises built before and during the Great Depression characterize the Mid-Town Historic District in the core of the city's central business district.
RankNameAddressimageHeight
m/ft
FloorsYearNotes
1Union County Courthouse2 Broad Street171931Neo classical
2Ralph Oriscello Correctional Facility15 Elizabethtown Plaza14
3Hersch Tower125-129 Broad Street141931Art Deco
4St. John's Episcopal ChurchBroad Streetn/a1860
5Winfield Scott Tower321-325 North Broad Street111928Spanish Colonial Revival
6Albender Building1143-1145 East Jersey Street111928Neo classical
7Amber Court1153-1155 East Jersey Street91928Formerly Elizabeth Cateret Hotel
Renaissance Revival
8Union County Jail13-17 Elizabethtown Plaza91931