Justice Court Building
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Justice Court Building is a historic court and municipal building located at Glen Cove
in Nassau County, New York
. It was built between 1907 and 1909 and designed by noted architect Stephen Francis Voorhees
(1878–1965). It is a 3-story, rectangular red brick building with a steeply pitched roof covered with green clay tile. A -story rear addition was built in 1923. It is decorated with ceramic-glazed moldings and molded terra cotta
decoration and exhibits features of the Dutch Colonial Revival or Collegiate Gothic style. It features a square bell tower
. The former rectory contains the museum and is a 2-story rectangular building in the Tudor Revival style.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1990.
Glen Cove, New York
Glen Cove is a city in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the city population was 26,964....
in Nassau County, New York
Nassau County, New York
Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...
. It was built between 1907 and 1909 and designed by noted architect Stephen Francis Voorhees
Voorhees, Gmelin and Walker
Voorhees, Gmelin and Walker were a prestigious New York architectural firm.The firm had an illustrious heritage, the parent company being founded in New York City by Cyrus L.W. Eidlitz in 1885. In 1900 he added partner Andrew C. McKenzie and when Eidlitz left the firm in 1910 he was replaced by...
(1878–1965). It is a 3-story, rectangular red brick building with a steeply pitched roof covered with green clay tile. A -story rear addition was built in 1923. It is decorated with ceramic-glazed moldings and molded terra cotta
Terra cotta
Terracotta, Terra cotta or Terra-cotta is a clay-based unglazed ceramic, although the term can also be applied to glazed ceramics where the fired body is porous and red in color...
decoration and exhibits features of the Dutch Colonial Revival or Collegiate Gothic style. It features a square bell tower
Bell tower
A bell tower is a tower which contains one or more bells, or which is designed to hold bells, even if it has none. In the European tradition, such a tower most commonly serves as part of a church and contains church bells. When attached to a city hall or other civic building, especially in...
. The former rectory contains the museum and is a 2-story rectangular building in the Tudor Revival style.
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 1990.