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Publishing Note
Moses King
Date Published
1915-1923
Postmark Date
1923
Postcard Text
The New Court House, New York City. The new proposed court house, to be erected at Worth, Lafayette and Centre Streets will occupy four city blocks. The plans and drawings have been made by Guy Lowell, architect. It will occupy 120,000 square feet of ground in a circular building, diameter 500 feet with a facade 200 feet high, four porticos of massive pillars around it about two-thirds of the way. Cost of building $10,000,000, cost of the site $6,000,000.
Postcard Number
N.Y. 385
Note
The proposed courthouse pictured was not constructed. The design was modified to a hexagonal form and was erected in 1919.
Name of Building
New York County Courthouse (New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject
Courthouses -- New York (State) -- New York County; Courthouses -- New York (State) -- New York
Geographic Subject
New York County (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.; New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
City/Location
New York County (N.Y.); New York (N.Y.)
Original Item Size
9 x 14 cm.
Genre
picture postcards
Local Genre
postcard
Type
Still Image; Text
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
James F. Stubbins County and Municipal Building Postcard Collection
Source
Original postcard: New Court House to be erected, New York City, James F. Stubbins U.S. Postcard Collection, M 384, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
stu_ny_053b.jpg
Reverse Side
https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/stu/2699