{"nrhp_refnum":"83001776","name":"Long Island City Courthouse Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"25-10 Court Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.74595176400004,"lon":-73.94304477599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A courthouse complex occupying a full block at 25-10 Court Square in Long Island City, Queens, New York. It includes a courthouse built in 1872-76 and rebuilt in 1904-08, a jail from about 1915, a jail annex from the 1920s, and several smaller office annexes.","why_significant":"The nomination calls the courthouse the most outstanding example of monumental civic architecture in Queens County. It is a Neo-English Renaissance building rebuilt by architect Peter M. Coco after a 1904 fire. It is also significant for its central role in the county's criminal justice system and as a reminder of when Long Island City was the Queens County seat.","narrative":"Occupying an entire block at Court Square in Long Island City, this complex centers on a four-story limestone-trimmed courthouse that has served Queens County's courts for well over a century. The first building, designed in the French Second Empire style by George Hathorne, went up between 1872 and 1876 after the county seat moved from Jamaica to be near the area's railroad lines. A fire in 1904 gutted it. Architect Peter M. Coco rebuilt it within the surviving walls, adding two stories and replacing the mansard roof with a Neo-English Renaissance design. Ionic columns, carved eagles, swags and cartouches decorate the exterior, and the entrance medallions carry the dates 1874 and 1908. Behind the courthouse stand a brick jail from about 1915, a 1920s jail annex, and a small 1925 office annex, all counted as contributing. The 1935-36 office annexes and several modern structures are not. The complex is valued for its architecture and its long role in the county's criminal justice system.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900- (specific dates 1876; 1904-1908; 1910s; 1920s; 1934-36)","architect_builder":"George Hathorne (1876); Peter Coco (1904-1908)","architectural_style":"Neo-English Renaissance (originally French Second Empire)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The courthouse is occupied and in use as a court building. Several modern one-story brick structures beside the annexes are described as vacant and non-contributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.989288-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001776.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001776/d9c441eb8d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001776/d9c441eb8d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"This photo was taken by participant/team Wikist_aces as part of the Commons:Wikis Take Manhattan project on October 4, 2008. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. 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