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Third Judicial District Courthouse, 425 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York County, NY

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Third Judicial District Courthouse, 425 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York County, NY

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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

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Date

1965
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Withers, Frederick Clark
Vaux, Calvert
Cavalieri, Giorgio
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Location

New York, United States40.73458, -73.99915
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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