Murphy Varnish Company building in the Ironbound
Nov 28th, 2007 by tony
“One of Newark’s finest old factories, the Murphy Varnish Company building in the Ironbound section, looms like an abandoned Georgian country mansion over the industrial landscape. Signs on its boarded-up exterior seem to anticipate the end of the still privately owned building: they alert firefighters to flammable materials on each floor…”
The above phrase was published by the nytimes.com in 1992, an article by Iver Peterson titled Trenton Moves to Reclaim Old Factories Left for Dead . As you can see by our blog’s header picture, the beautiful building is still there as of today’s post. Read more
