Third Judicial District Courthouse, 425 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York County, NY
Summary
Significance: Originally the Third Judicial District Courthouse was part of a complex which included a police court, jail, and markets. An outstanding example of civic design, the complex occupied the entire triangular block bounded by Sixth Avenue, West Tenth Street, and Greenwich Avenue. The structure was built from 1874 to 1877 to designs by Withers and Vaux and was rehabilitated from 1965-1967 as a branch of the New York Public Library.
Survey number: HABS NY-4392
Building/structure dates: ca. 1876 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1965 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72000875
Tags
Date
1965
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Withers, Frederick Clark
Vaux, Calvert
Cavalieri, Giorgio
Location
New York, United States, 40.73458, -73.99915
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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