{"nrhp_refnum":"83001636","name":"Bronx County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"851 Grand Concourse","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"The Bronx","state":"NY","lat":40.826309079000055,"lon":-73.92386293199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A monumental limestone courthouse at 851 Grand Concourse in the Bronx, New York, built 1931-34 to designs by architects Joseph H. Freedlander and Max Hausle.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an imposing example of 1930s American civic architecture, combining bold modern massing with classically derived elements. Its frieze and eight large marble sculpture groups were made by nationally known sculptors. It was built as a Depression-era government project and is the only known collaboration of its two architects.","narrative":"Occupying an entire block at the southern end of the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, this nine-story limestone courthouse was built between 1931 and 1934. Architects Joseph H. Freedlander and Max Hausle designed it on a rusticated granite podium with a balustraded terrace and a hexastyle portico centered on each of its four identical facades. Copper spandrel panels with foliate ornament recall Art Deco motifs. Sculptor Charles Keck designed a low-relief frieze encircling the building, showing scenes of work, war and the arts. Eight freestanding pink marble groups, two at each entrance, were carved by Adolf Weiman, Edward Sanford, George Snowden and Joseph Kiselewski. The nomination values the building as a Depression-era public project that joined modern massing and scale with traditional classical forms. Inside are courtrooms, borough offices and a museum, and the building has not been altered. Its completion was marked when Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia moved the seat of city government there for three days.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1931-34)","architect_builder":"Joseph H. Freedlander, Max Hausle","architectural_style":"Modern twentieth-century design with neo-classic ornament; classically derived with Art Deco-like motifs","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, unaltered and occupied; it houses courtrooms, government offices and the Bronx Museum of Arts.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.000616-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001636.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001636/dbb6b5cbe4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001636/dbb6b5cbe4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bronx_County_Court_jeh.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bronx_County_Court_jeh.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"87001388","name":"Grand Concourse Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/grand-concourse-historic-district-87001388/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316453","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4974182"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/the-bronx/bronx-county-courthouse-83001636/"}