Burlington County Courthouse (New Jersey)
![Historic American Buildings Survey Nathaniel R. Ewan, Photographer March 15, 1936 SOUTHEAST ELEVATION - Burlington County Courthouse, High Street, Mount Holly, Burlington County, HABS NJ,3-MOUHO,1-1.tif](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Historic_American_Buildings_Survey_Nathaniel_R._Ewan%2C_Photographer_March_15%2C_1936_SOUTHEAST_ELEVATION_-_Burlington_County_Courthouse%2C_High_Street%2C_Mount_Holly%2C_Burlington_County%2C_HABS_NJ%2C3-MOUHO%2C1-1.tif/lossy-page1-250px-thumbnail.tif.jpg)
The Burlington County Courthouse is located in Mount Holly, the county seat of Burlington County, New Jersey, U.S.,[1] which itself is coterminous with the 3rd vicinage.[2] The historic courthouse continues to handle judicial proceedings.[3]
The building was constructed in 1796 under the direction of Michael Rush.[4][5] Its architect, Samuel Lewis, designed the building as a virtual identical twin of Congress Hall and Old City Hall, the buildings flanking Independence Hall in Philadelphia. The courthouse bell, removed and installed from an earlier courthouse, rang for independence in 1776.[3]
It is a contributing property to the Mount Holly Historic District, listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places (#842) and National Register of Historic Places (#73001084) in 1973.[6] and has been documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS NJ-27).[5]
See also[]
- List of the oldest courthouses in the United States
- County courthouses in New Jersey
- Federal courthouses in New Jersey
- Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Burlington County, New Jersey
References[]
- ^ "New Jersey Courts Burlington". State of New Jersey Department of Judiciary. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Vicinage". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Mount Holly Township Historic Information". co.burlington.nj.us. Archived from the original on June 24, 2006. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "Burlington". Courthouse History Burlington. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Burlington County Courthouse, High Street, Mount Holly, Burlington County, NJ". Historic American Buildings HABS NJ-27. Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection-Historic Preservation Office.
Coordinates: 39°59′37″N 74°47′16″W / 39.993611°N 74.787778°W
- County courthouses in New Jersey
- Government buildings completed in 1796
- Federal architecture in New Jersey
- Mount Holly, New Jersey
- National Register of Historic Places in Burlington County, New Jersey
- 1796 establishments in New Jersey
- New Jersey Register of Historic Places
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
- Buildings and structures in Burlington County, New Jersey
- Historic district contributing properties in New Jersey