Justice Building Reliefs - Binghamton, NY
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N 42° 05.855 W 075° 54.643
18T E 424691 N 4661012
Ten Art Deco style reliefs on fifth floor of the Justice Building
Waymark Code: WMPKGK
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 09/13/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
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"Ten Art Deco style reliefs encircle the fifth floor of the Binghamton Justice Building in Broome County, New York. Beginning at the southwest corner and moving across the front, the reliefs are: 1) "Erie 1848," the first Erie Railroad train, gazed on by a young Native-American; 2) "Law" symbols of Law, including scales of justice; 3) "Liberty" a seated allegorical figure of Liberty; 4) "The First Court 1791" seven colonial male figures representing the first court held in Broome County; 5) "Education," symbols include a kneeling man holding a globe; 6) "Transportation," symbols include two steers and an airplane; 7) "Chenango Canal," depicts a dockman; 8) "Courthouse 1857" the third Broome County Courthouse; 9) "Agriculture," symbols of farming; 10) "Industry," symbols of local industry."
TITLE: Justice Building Reliefs

ARTIST(S): Williams, Malcolm

DATE: 1940

MEDIUM: Marble

CONTROL NUMBER: IAS NY000768

Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]

PHYSICAL LOCATION:
45 Hawley Street Binghamton 13901


DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
The date on the building is 1939


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