Tweed Courthouse

Local nameTweed Courthouse
LocationManhattan, New York City, United States

The Tweed Courthouse is a historic courthouse building at 52 Chambers Street in the Civic Center of Manhattan in New York City. It was built in the Italianate style with Romanesque Revival interiors. William M. "Boss" Tweed – the corrupt leader of Tammany Hall, a political machine that controlled the New York state and city governments when the courthouse was built – oversaw the building's erection. The Tweed Courthouse served as a judicial building for New York County, a county of New York state coextensive with the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is the second-oldest city government building in the borough, after City Hall.

The structure comprises pavilions to the east and west of a central section, as well as a rear wing to the south. Architect John Kellum and political appointee Thomas Little designed the first portion of the building, which was constructed from 1861 to 1872.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweed_Courthouse

Official Website https://www1.nyc.gov/site/dcas/business/dcasmanagedbuildings/tweed-courthouse.page

Coordinates 40°42'48.198" N -74°0'19.98" E

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