New Jersey State Prison using the new Electric Chair, built by Carl Adams of Trenton, in the shops of his Adams Electric Company. The last such electrocution took place in 1963. In 1979 the Death House (8 Wing), along with the old Hospital wing were demolished to make way for a new Gymnasium. Ground was broken for the contemporary facility in 1979, and it was completed in 1982. No additions have been made since that time. Previously the death row for men was the Capital Sentence Unit (CSU) in the New Jersey State Prison. This unit was first established in 1907. The same prison
State Theatre (New Brunswick, New Jersey) on September 16, 2009. On November 14, 2018 the historic State Theatre New Jersey was the focus of the second episode of NJTV's Treasures of New Jersey. State Theatre (New Brunswick, New Jersey) State Theatre New Jersey is a nonprofit theater, located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It has seating for 1,800 people. The State Theatre was built in 1921 as Reade’s State Theatre by Thomas W. Lamb and managed by Walter Reade for both movies and live performances. It opened with five vaudeville acts and a single matinee screening of the silent western "White Oak", starring William S. Hart.