The Home Office Building is located at 10 Park Place in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, adjacent to Military Park. The building was commissioned by the Firemen's Insurance Company, an entity founded in 1855, to house its offices. It was designed by the prominent Newark architects John H. and Wilson C. Ely, with construction beginning in 1924 and finishing in 1928.
The 10-story building features Classical Revival ornamentation on its facades and in major interior spaces. An inscription on a bronze plaque states the headquarters were built during the height of the company's expansion in 1924-1928. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 17, 1982, and has 16,000 square feet of space.
The Berger Organization purchased the building in 1990, the same year a plaque was placed on it by the Newark Preservation and Landmarks Committee. A major restoration by the Berger Organization began in 1989, and the building underwent further renovations in 2006. While it served as professional offices, there are currently proposals to convert the building to residences.
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