The Newark Board of Education in consultation with the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office commissioned a study in 2002 of Newark Public Schools. The study determined that approximately 23 schools in Newark are eligible for listing on the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places. 

The Trust grant will help fund the preparation of New Jersey and National Register nominations for six Newark Public School buildings.

Branch Brook School constructed in 1925 specifically to hold classes and provide treatment for disabled children; the Cleveland School constructed in 1932 and an excellent example of a Neoclassical style school designed by a master designer, E.F. Guilbert of Guilbert & Betelle; Fifteenth Avenue School constructed in 1891 as a work of a master designer, E.F. Guilbert of Guilbert & Betelle; the Open Air School (currently Boylan Street School) constructed to provide an education and health treatments to children suffering from or at risk for tuberculosis; the Warren Street School constructed in 1891 as an unusual example of Queen Anne influenced school; and, the Weequahic High School constructed in 1933 as an excellent example of an Art Deco School designed by Guilbert & Betelle with a mural by Michael Lenson.

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