Bronx County Courthouse
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Bronx County Courthouse
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| Location: | 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York |
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| Coordinates: | 40°49′34″N 73°55′27″W / 40.82611°N 73.92417°WCoordinates: 40°49′34″N 73°55′27″W / 40.82611°N 73.92417°W |
| Built: | 1931 |
| Architect: | Joseph H. Freelander; Max Hausle |
| Architectural style: | Classical Revival, Neo-Classical |
| Governing body: | Local |
| NRHP Reference#: | 83001636[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | September 8, 1983 |
The Bronx County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located in the Bronx in New York City. It was designed in 1931 and built between 1931 and 1934. It is a nine story limestone building on a rusticated granite base in the Classical Revival style. It has four identical sides, an interior court, and a frieze designed by noted sculptor Charles Keck. The sculptures on the 161st Street side are by noted sculptor George Holburn Snowden. Two sculptural groups on the Walton Avenue side are by noted sculptor Joseph Kiselewski. The Bronx Museum of the Arts was once located on the main floor.[2] A mural depicting the arrival of Jonas Bronck, considered the founder of the borough, was created in the ealy 1930s by James Monroe Hewlett.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ^ Larry E. Gobrecht (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bronx County Courthouse". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-01-12. See also: "Accompanying five photos".
- ^ Deutsch, Kevin (November 09, 2010), "Seventy-year-old mural depicting Bronx founder Jonas Bronck damaged in courthouse construction", The Daily News, retrieved 2012-02-07
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