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Surrogate's Courthouse
Surrogate's Court | |
New York City Landmark No. 0082, 0926
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 View from the Manhattan Municipal Building | |
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| Location | 31 Chambers Street, Manhattan, New York City |
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| Coordinates | 40°42′49″N 74°00′16″W / 40.71361°N 74.00444°W |
| Built | 1899–1907 |
| Architect | John Rochester Thomas; Arthur J. Horgan and Vincent J. Slattery |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000888 |
| NYSRHP No. | 06101.000420 |
| NYCL No. | 0082, 0926 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 29, 1972[2] |
| Designated NHL | December 22, 1977[1] |
| Designated NYSRHP | June 23, 1980[3] |
| Designated NYCL | |
The Surrogate's Courthouse (also the Hall of Records and 31 Chambers Street) is a historic building at the northwest corner of Chambers and Centre Streets in the Civic Center of Manhattan in New York City. Completed in 1907, it was designed in the Beaux Arts style. John Rochester Thomas created the original plans while Arthur J. Horgan and Vincent J. Slattery oversaw the building's completion. The building faces City Hall Park and the Tweed Courthouse to the south, as well as the Manhattan Municipal Building to the east.
The Surrogate's Courthouse is a seven-story steel-framed structure with a granite facade and elaborate marble interiors. The architects used a fireproof frame so the structure could safely accommodate the city's paper records. The exterior is decorated with 54 sculptures by Philip Martiny and Henry Kirke Bush-Brown, as well as three-story colonnades with Corinthian columns along Chambers and Reade Streets. The basement houses the New York City Municipal Archives. The fifth floor contains the New York Surrogate's Court for New York County, which handles probate and estate proceedings for the New York State Unified Court System.
The Hall of Records building had been planned since the late 19th century to replace an outdated building in City Hall Park; plans for the current building were approved in 1897. Construction took place between 1899 and 1907, having been subject to several delays because of controversies over funding, sculptures, and Horgan and Slattery's involvement after Thomas's death in 1901. Renamed the Surrogate's Courthouse in 1962, the building has undergone few alterations over the years. The Surrogate's Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark, and its facade and interior are both New York City designated landmarks.
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