2025-05-122025-05-122007-08-01https://hdl.handle.net/10929/146084Located 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.Original file name Ballintine Gates.jpg2444x1629The Ballantine GateForest HillsBranch Brook ParkEssex County Park CommissionU.S. National Register of Historic PlacesU.S. Historic districtCherry Blossom FestivalNewarkNorth WardEssex CountyGatewayThe Gateway RegionNew JerseyNJJerseyThe Garden State