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United States Post Office and Courthouse (Camden, New Jersey)

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Coordinates: 39°56′49″N 75°07′17″W / 39.946944°N 75.121389°W / 39.946944; -75.121389
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Federal Building and Courthouse
United States Post Office and Courthouse (Camden, New Jersey) is located in Camden County, New Jersey
United States Post Office and Courthouse (Camden, New Jersey)
United States Post Office and Courthouse (Camden, New Jersey) is located in New Jersey
United States Post Office and Courthouse (Camden, New Jersey)
United States Post Office and Courthouse (Camden, New Jersey) is located in the United States
United States Post Office and Courthouse (Camden, New Jersey)
Location401 Market Street
Camden, New Jersey
Coordinates39°56′49″N 75°07′17″W / 39.946944°N 75.121389°W / 39.946944; -75.121389
Built1932
ArchitectOffice of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore
NRHP reference No.11000992
NJRHP No.931[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 4, 2012
Designated NJRHPNovember 9, 2011

The United States Post Office and Courthouse (1932) and the Mitchell H. Cohen United States Courthouse (1994) house the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in Camden, New Jersey. The back-to-back buildings are joined by a second story enclosed skyway.

United States Post Office and Courthouse

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Located at 401 Market Street between Camden Central Business District and Cooper Grant, the United States Post Office and Courthouse opened in 1932. The neoclassical Art deco building was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore with an exterior primarily in limestone, granite, brick. Prominent interior features include decorative and colorful terracotta detailing; Spanish Colonial ornamentation and a ceremonial courtroom with oak wainscot paneling.[2][3]

The building houses the United States Bankruptcy Court District of New Jersey.[4] The building is listed in the state and federal registers of historic places.[1]

Mitchell H. Cohen United States Courthouse (annex)

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Mitchell H. Cohen United States Courthouse (1994)

The Mitchell H. Cohen United States Courthouse was designated in 1992 honor of federal Judge Mitchell H. Cohen.[5] Completed in 1994 the courthouse's entrance is located on Cooper Street.[2] The seven-story, 180,000-square-foot building includes 12 courtrooms and attendant facilities, Appellate Judge's suites, Grand Jury room, District Clerk's office, US Marshall's Service Administrative office, prisoner holding facility, law library, and secure indoor parking.[6][7]

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The sinopia drawings of Ben Shahn's Jersey Homesteads mural were removed from their original site in Roosevelt and in 1999 they were permanently installed in a custom-designed gallery in the skyway connecting the two buildings.

In 1999, an addition connecting two wings of the building was created on the second floor of the building. The arriccio, sinopia drawings of the fresco for Ben Shahn's Jersey Homesteads mural (1938) were removed from their original community center location in what has now become Roosevelt and is permanently installed in the custom-designed gallery within it.[8][9][10]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
  2. ^ a b "U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Camden, NJ". General Services Administration. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  3. ^ Math Teacher (July 25, 2011). "Camden Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse - Camden, NJ in Art Deco - Art Nouveau". Waymarking. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  4. ^ "Staff (Camden)". United States Bankruptcy Court District of New Jersey. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  5. ^ "H.R. 6163 (102nd): To designate certain Federal buildings". govtrack.us. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  6. ^ "Mitchell H. Cohen Federal Courthouse". Becica Associates LLC. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  7. ^ "Mitchell H Cohne Federal Courthouse". Boro Construction. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  8. ^ "United States Courthouse General Services Administration Camden, New Jersey Completion 1999" (PDF). MGA Partners Architects. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  9. ^ "Of Our Time: 2002 GSA Design Awards March 27, 2003 - October 19, 2003". National Building Museum. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  10. ^ "Camden Post Office". USPS Post Offices. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
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