Essex County Courthouse

	Essex County Courthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Location	50 West Market Street, Newark, NJ 07102
Coordinates	40°44′14″N 74°10′44″W / 40.737201°N 74.178822°WCoordinates: 40°44′14″N 74°10′44″W / 40.737201°N 74.178822°W
Area	1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built	1904
Architect	Cass Gilbert
Architectural style	Renaissance
NRHP reference No.	75001135
NJRHP No.	1246
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 26, 1975
Designated NJRHP	March 26, 1975

The Essex County Courthouse is located in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. It was built in 1904 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 26, 1975.

The building, designed by Cass Gilbert, has a four-story rotunda topped with a Tiffany skylight. It features artwork from some of the most well known artists of the American Renaissance period^[3] including Seated Lincoln by Gutzon Borglum.

The annex was completed the 60's. Jack Murphy of Fava Associates was the lead architect on the annex project. The courthouse complex was further expanded in 2021 to include the Martin Luther King, Jr. Judicial Building.

Seated Lincoln (1911), by Gutzon Borglum
Annex behind courthouse
The courthouse as it appeared in 1907
2021 MLK, Jr. Courthouse addition

References[]

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Essex County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. January 10, 2010. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2009. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
^ "Essex County Courthouse (1904), Newark, New Jersey". Cass Gilbert Society. Retrieved 2010-04-07.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[NJRHP-2] "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Essex County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. January 10, 2010. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2009. Retrieved April 7, 2010.

[cgs-3] "Essex County Courthouse (1904), Newark, New Jersey". Cass Gilbert Society. Retrieved 2010-04-07.

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v t Government of Essex County, New Jersey
County Seat: Newark
County Executive (term ends December 31, 2019)	Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr.
Freeholders (term ends December 31, 2020)	At-large: Brendan W. Gill At-large: Rufus I. Johnson At-large:Lebby C. Jones District 1:Robert Mercado District 2:Vice President Wayne L. Richardson District 3:Patricia Sebold District 4:Leonard M. Luciano District 5:Carlos M. Pomares
Constitutional Officers	Sheriff: Armando B. Fontoura County Clerk: Christopher J. Durkin County Surrogate: Theodore N. Stephens II
Judiciary	New Jersey Superior Court (5th Vincinage) Essex County Courthouse Essex County Prosecutor's Office
Other offices and agencies	Essex County College Essex County Hospital Center Essex County Jail Essex County Park System Essex County Politics Essex County Register of Deeds and Mortgages Essex County Resource Recovery Facility Essex County Roads Essex County Schools of Technology

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