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Exterior of public housing unit to be preserved for Smithsonian

Baxter Terrace was opened in Newark as one of the nation's first public housing facilities back in 1941. The housing unit was named after the principal of Newark's first black high school, Baxter Terrace.

News 12 Staff

Jan 6, 2012, 9:26 AM

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