The Ballantine Gate in Branch Brook Park
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2007-08-01
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Located at Lake Street, �way separates Branch Brook Park from the wealthy neighborhood of Forest Hill. The Ballantine gateway is a memorial to Robert F. Ballantine, who died in Europe while on a vacation.
The gateway was constructed in 1899 and designed by Carriere and Hastings, the official architect of the Essex County Park Commission. According to Charles Cummings, the gateway has a French inspiration, but it is said that the gates are modelled on a structure in Scotland, the Ballantines' ancestral homeland.
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The Ballantine Gate, Forest Hills, Branch Brook Park, Essex County Park Commission, U.S. National Register of Historic Places, U.S. Historic district, Cherry Blossom Festival, Newark, North Ward, Essex County, Gateway, The Gateway Region, New Jersey, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State