Gloucester County Courthouse (New Jersey)

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Gloucester County Courthouse is the historic courthouse for Gloucester County, New Jersey. It is located in Woodbury, which is the county seat of Gloucester County. [1]

Gloucester County Courthouse in Woodbury, New Jersey GLOUCESTER COUNTY COURTHOUSE, WOODBURY, NJ.jpg
Gloucester County Courthouse in Woodbury, New Jersey

It was designed by architectural firm Hazelhurst and Huckel (whose work includes the Union Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and built in 1885. [2] Construction included the cornerstone of the 1787 building it replaced; the bell in the clock tower is also from the earlier building. [3]

The courthouse is a contributing property to Broad Street Historic District, listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places (#1429) in 1988. [4]

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References

  1. "New Jersey Courts Cumberland/Gloucester/Salem". State of New Jersey Department of Judiciary. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  2. "Gloucester". Courthouse History: New Jersey. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  3. "Gloucester County, NJ. Website - News Details". www.gloucestercountynj.gov (Press release). Retrieved October 11, 2017. In the year 1816, the bell was placed in the County Courthouse Steeple, which was originally constructed in 1787. When the 1787 Courthouse was torn down for the building of the 1885 Courthouse, the bell was saved and sold to the Fire Warden of the Woodbury Fire Department to be used as a fire bell.
  4. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection-Historic Preservation Office.

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