United States Post Office And Courthouse (Camden, New Jersey)
United States Post Office and Courthouse
Located at 401 Market Street between Camden Central Business District and Cooper Grant, the United States Post Office and Courthouse opened in 1932. The neoclassical Art deco building was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore with an exterior primarily in limestone, granite, brick. Prominent interior features include decorative and colorful terracotta detailing; Spanish Colonial ornamentation and a ceremonial courtroom with oak wainscot paneling.
The building houses the United States Bankruptcy Court District of New Jersey. The building is listed in the state and federal registers of historic places.
Mitchell H. Cohen United States Courthouse (annex)
The Mitchell H. Cohen United States Courthouse was designated in 1992 honor of federal Judge Mitchell H. Cohen. Completed in 1994 the courthouse's entrance is located on Cooper Street. The seven-story, 180,000-square-foot building includes 12 courtrooms and attendant facilities, Appellate Judge's suites, Grand Jury room, District Clerk's office, US Marshall's Service Administrative office, prisoner holding facility, law library, and secure indoor parking.
Gallery
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In 1999, an addition connecting two wings of the building was created on the second floor of the building. The arriccio, sinopia drawings of the fresco for Ben Shahn's Jersey Homesteads mural (1938) were removed from their original community center location in what has now become Roosevelt and is permanently installed in the custom-designed gallery within it.
See also
- Camden County Hall of Justice
- List of United States federal courthouses in New Jersey
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Camden County, New Jersey
- List of tallest buildings in Camden
References
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
- ^ "U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Camden, NJ". General Services Administration. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
- ^ Math Teacher (July 25, 2011). "Camden Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse - Camden, NJ in Art Deco - Art Nouveau". Waymarking. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
- ^ "Staff (Camden)". United States Bankruptcy Court District of New Jersey. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
- ^ "H.R. 6163 (102nd): To designate certain Federal buildings". govtrack.us. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
- ^ "Mitchell H. Cohen Federal Courthouse". Becica Associates LLC. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
- ^ "Mitchell H Cohne Federal Courthouse". Boro Construction. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
- ^ "United States Courthouse General Services Administration Camden, New Jersey Completion 1999" (PDF). MGA Partners Architects. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
- ^ "Of Our Time: 2002 GSA Design Awards March 27, 2003 - October 19, 2003". National Building Museum. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
- ^ "Camden Post Office". USPS Post Offices. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
External links
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