. Essex county, , illustrated . PUOK rM.^N S HALL, KEKKV -AND IKOSlELf S1REE1> IIAR1;URi;EK S HALL. (IN PLACE. ADOLPH POORTMAN, IN the illustrations presented on this page will be found aview which takes in the southeast corner of Ferry andProspect Streets, showi?ig Poortmans Hall, which is much usedby many well-known organizations for a meeting place. Thebuilding is of brick, and is a substantial structure, lately erected,in a style of architecture very attractive for that section ofthe city. The proprietor of the hall, Mr. Adolph Poortiuan,was born in Zevenaar, Holland, Nove
. Essex county, , illustrated . PUOK rM.^N S HALL, KEKKV -AND IKOSlELf S1REE1> IIAR1;URi;EK S HALL. (IN PLACE. ADOLPH POORTMAN, IN the illustrations presented on this page will be found aview which takes in the southeast corner of Ferry andProspect Streets, showi?ig Poortmans Hall, which is much usedby many well-known organizations for a meeting place. Thebuilding is of brick, and is a substantial structure, lately erected,in a style of architecture very attractive for that section ofthe city. The proprietor of the hall, Mr. Adolph Poortiuan,was born in Zevenaar, Holland, November, 1845, receiving hisearly education in the schools of his native village, and by tradeis an engraver, having followed the occupation for many to this country in 1S80, he found employment at histrade, and after a few years he started in business for himself onElm Street, in the Tenth Ward, where he kept a hall known asDemocratic Headquarters, and removed from there to hispresent elegant location. In catering to the
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