Bronx Borough Courthouse
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The Bronx Borough Courthouse is a historic courthouse
building located in the Bronx in New York City
. It was built between 1905 and 1915 in the Beaux-Arts style. It is a four story granite
building with a two story base faced with rusticated stone bands. The north and east elevations have projecting central pavilions. It features a sculpture of Justice by sculptor J. E. Roine. The courthouse housed the Supreme
, Surrogate's
, and County Courts until 1934, when they moved to the Bronx County Courthouse
. It was then occupied by the Bronx Branch of the New York City Criminal Court
until 1977.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1982.
Courthouse
A courthouse is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English speaking countries, buildings which house courts of law are simply...
building located in the Bronx in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. It was built between 1905 and 1915 in the Beaux-Arts style. It is a four story granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
building with a two story base faced with rusticated stone bands. The north and east elevations have projecting central pavilions. It features a sculpture of Justice by sculptor J. E. Roine. The courthouse housed the Supreme
New York Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in thestate court system of New York, United States. There is a supreme court in each of New York State's 62 counties, although some smaller counties share judges with neighboring counties...
, Surrogate's
New York Surrogate's Court
The Surrogate's Court handles all probate and estate proceedings in the state of New York. All wills are probated in this court and all estates of people who die without a will are handled in this court...
, and County Courts until 1934, when they moved to the Bronx County Courthouse
Bronx County Courthouse
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...
. It was then occupied by the Bronx Branch of the New York City Criminal Court
New York City Criminal Court
The New York City Criminal Court is the general term describing the entry-level court for criminal cases in the five boroughs of New York City....
until 1977.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1982.