National Register of Historic Places
Maplewood Municipal Building
Maplewood, Essex County, New Jersey
The record
- Listed
- October 1, 2014
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 574 Valley St., Maplewood
- County
- Essex
- State
- New Jersey
- Contributing resources
- 1 building
- Coordinates
- 40.73028, -74.27166
- Reference number
- 14000810
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The story
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The Maplewood Municipal Building is a Classical Revival municipal building at 574 Valley St. in Maplewood, Essex County, built from 1931 to 1932. It was designed by the architectural firm of Guilbert & Betelle, whom the Township Committee selected in 1929.
Why it's listed
It was listed in the National Register in 2014 under criterion C, with local significance in architecture. Its period of significance runs from 1931 to 1959, reflecting the building's construction beginning in 1931 and the installation of murals by Stephen Juharos in 1959.
Physical character
The limestone-and-brick exterior has a two-story portico of eight Doric limestone columns beneath a dentiled pediment, with side-gabled slate roofs and copper ridge rolls. Inside, the lobby has marble walls and Doric pilasters, the entrance vestibule has marble floors and walls in a black-and-white diagonal pattern, and the committee room retains an ornamental plaster ceiling, mahogany trim and round-arch windows.
Historical context
In 1957 Thomas Sweeney asked the Woman's Club to raise money for murals, and Juharos's nine murals were installed in the committee room and unveiled on Flag Day, June 14, 1959. In 1997 Boy Scout Troop 2 of Maplewood dedicated a war veterans memorial there.