Historic Structures

Structures of the type Courthouse

Monroe County Courthouse, Rochester New York

The 1894-96 structure is the third Monroe County Courthouse to be erected on this site. The first, costing approximately $7,000.00, was erected in 1821-22. The second courthouse was completed in 1851, at a cost of $70,000.00. In each case, lack of adequate space created the need for a new structure. The site, one of three proposed in 1821, was selected as the most centrally located and most convenient.

The structure, situated in the midst of the business and governmental heart of the city, faces north. The southeast corner of the lot contains a parking lot.

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Municipal Building (City Hall/Court House), Minneapolis Minnesota

The Municipal Building was constructed between 1889 and 1905 from a design by the Minneapolis architectural firm of Long and Kees. The cost was $3,554,000 which was 28 cents a cubic foot. The architectural style is Richardsonian Romanesque. Construction is of pink Ortonville granite, and the building has two stately towers, one of which houses a chiming clock. The structure is characterized by massive surfaces, worked stone arches, extensive interior marble and stained glass. The original terra cotta roof was replaced by copper in 1950.

While the hallways of the building have largely been left untouched through the years, the office spaces have been renovated a number of times and their original character is no longer evident. The interior is "elastic", that is one where office arrangements can be changed at any time since, floors are supported independent of any partitions. It was the first of its kind In the United States according to a Minneapolis Tribune article of July 28, 1889.

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New Haven City Hall and Courthouse, New Haven Connecticut

The Courts were all held in the State House until in April 1861, Messrs. Alfred Blackman, John S. Beach, Charles R. Ingersoll, Norton J. Buel, Dexter R. Wright, and William B. Wooster, were appointed a committee of the bar to consider the expedience of removing the courts to the new City Hall, then nearly completed. Messrs. Wright and Wooster being absent, and Mr. Buel declining to act, the plans were prepared by the first three named, acting with the County Commissioners, Messrs. Edward Parker, A. E. Rice and Charles Ball, and at the December terra, 1862, the rooms were occupied.

The Superior Court continued to occupy the rooms in the City Hall at an annual rental of $500. On the 30th of Nov., 1870, the County Commissioners having been notified that their lease, expiring May 1, 1872, would not be renewed, the bar appointed Messrs. Alfred Blackman, Dexter R. Wright, Arthur D. Osbome, John S. Beach and Luzon B. Morris, a committee to confer with the County Commissioners on the subject of providing other accommodations for the courts.

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 Old Court House, Johnston New York

 Old Custom House, St. Paul Minnesota

 Old State House, Hartford Connecticut

 St. Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse, St. Paul Minnesota

 United States Courthouse and Post Office, La Crosse Wisconsin

 United States Post Office and Courthouse, Yakima, Washington