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Polhemus House, #69 Washington Street

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The Polhemus House on July 21, 1960:

Anne Mabry writes:
“I remember the Polhemus House as a beautiful mansion owned by the Newark Museum that they allowed to run down, simply because they didn’t have the money or the imagination to use it. One day in the early 1990s, I passed by and discovered it had as its ‘owner’ a little black cat that liked to hang out on the stoop.

“The Polhemus House was demolished in 2011 after the Newark Museum determined it was an imminent hazard. A familiar scenario to preservationists, which goes by the term ‘demolition by neglect.’ The site was transformed into a park reflecting the house’s footprint, which itself succumbed to further demolition with the Newark Museum’s ambitious expansion and construction of apartments.

“Today, not a trace of the Polhemus House remains.”

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#50 Burnet on June 10, 1960

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James Hollaway writes:
“I was born on this street and lived here all my life. I just turned 80 last year. This was the Piacek house, belonging to a white family from Poland. I used to play with their son. Their kid grew up and left home. One day, the house went silent. We learned weeks later that there had been a murder in that house.”

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#56 & 60 Roseville Ave on April 22, 1962

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Dan O’Flaherty writes:
“From the left, Richie and Ronnie Giuliano lived on the second floor (I think) of the 3-decker. They were older than us but we played with them. They were cousins of the two Anthony Giuliano’s who were city councilmen at large in the 60s and 70s. Patsy Madera, about their age, was on the third floor. Her father Al )Eldo) Madera, was an inspector for the City. My parents knew him and I got to know him in the 80s. The next house, the 2-story, was where the Gibbons brothers practiced dentistry and where we went for dentist visits. You can see a sliver of our house, 62 Roseville on the far right. Pig Tail Alley ran behind all these houses.”