SOUTH ORANGE — Louis Bamberger's palatial home at 602 Center St. in South Orange is shown in this undated photo. The 33-acre property was home to the founder of the Bamberger's department stores. A philanthropist, Bamberger personally funded the buildings for Newark's YMHA, the Newark Museum and the New Jersey Historical Society. When he sold his retail business to R.H....
SOUTH ORANGE -- Louis Bamberger's palatial home at 602 Center St. in South Orange is shown in this undated photo.
The 33-acre property was home to the founder of the Bamberger's department stores. A philanthropist, Bamberger personally funded the buildings for Newark's YMHA, the Newark Museum and the New Jersey Historical Society.
When he sold his retail business to R.H. Macy and Co. in 1929, he split $1 million among 240 store employees.
Bamberger, who never married, lived on the estate with his sister, Caroline, for more than 30 years; he died at age 88 in 1941.
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