Broome County Courthouse - Court Street Historic District - Binghamton, NY
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Broome County Courthouse was designed by noted New York State architect Isaac G. Perry.
Waymark Code: WMPNDR
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 09/26/2015
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"The two major governmental buildings in the Court Street Historic District were both built at the end of the nineteenth century and were harbingers of new architectural trends in Binghamton. Both are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and stand as symbols of the prosperity of turn-of-the-century Binghamton. The Broome County Court House was designed by Isaac Perry in 1898 after a fire had destroyed its elegant 1856 Greek Revival style predecessor. Perry's design refers to the massing and composition of the earlier courthouse, with its projecting portico and central dome, but departs from the simplicity of its predecessor with a battery of Neoclassical details and a monumental Baroque style clock tower and dome clad in copper and crowned by a cupola and a large statue of Justice. The south wing, built in 1916-1917, complements the original design by repeating the materials and details."
Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Court Street Historic District
Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link]
NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): [Web Link]
Address:
92 Court Street
Binghamton, NY USA
13901
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