Baltimore County Circuit Courthouses

Baltimore County Courthouse
Baltimore County Circuit Courthouses is located in Maryland
Baltimore County Circuit Courthouses
Baltimore County Circuit Courthouses is located in the United States
Baltimore County Circuit Courthouses
LocationWashington Avenue between Pennsylvania and Chesapeake Avenues, in Towson, Maryland
Coordinates39°23′59″N 76°36′24″W / 39.39972°N 76.60667°W / 39.39972; -76.60667
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1855 (additions: 1910, 1925, 1958)
ArchitectDixon, Bilbirnie & Dixon; E.F. Baldwin, Josias Pennington, Baldwin & Pennington
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.72000569
Added to NRHPOctober 27, 1972[1]

The Baltimore County Courthouses are located in Towson, Maryland, the county seat of Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The older, original Baltimore County Courthouse was built between 1854 and 1856. It has had three additions that eventually formed an 'H' shape. It houses many of the offices of the county government, including the executive branch, county executive, and their departments, agencies, boards, commissions, and other bodies, and the county council.

The County Courts Building, known as the new courthouse, lies to the west, separated by a plaza. Built between 1970 and 1971, it houses the civil, criminal, family and juvenile divisions of the 3rd Judicial Circuit of the Circuit Courts of Maryland, and the Baltimore County Sheriff's Office, which is charged with the protection of the courthouse and its judicial personnel and countywide law enforcement functions.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.