Image: MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, NEWARK, ESSEX COUNTY, NJ

Description: AKA ESSEX CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL; COMPANY WAS A LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY THAT WAS CHARTERED IN 1845. THE COMPANY WAS HEADED BY FREDERICK FRELINGHUYSEN (1848–1924).[ THE COMPANY WAS KNOWN AS THE "TIFFANY" OF INSURANCE COMPANIES, A REFERENCE TO ITS REPUTATION AS THE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY TO THE UPPER CLASSES. THE BUILDING WAS SOLD TO THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEWARK AND SERVED AS HOME TO ESSEX CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL UNTIL 1979. THE BUILDING WAS AGAIN SOLD, AND TODAY SERVES AS A NURSING HOME. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 83004031 More images
Title: MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, NEWARK, ESSEX COUNTY, NJ
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Author: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D.
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