Bronx County Courthouse | |
New York City Landmark No. 0928
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| Location | 851 Grand Concourse Bronx, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°49′34″N 73°55′27″W / 40.82611°N 73.92417°W |
| Built | 1931 |
| Architect | Joseph H. Freelander; Max Hausle |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Neo-Classical |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001636[1] |
| NYCL No. | 0928 |
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| Added to NRHP | September 8, 1983 |
| Designated NYCL | July 13, 1976 |
The Bronx County Courthouse, also known as the Mario Merola Building, is an historic courthouse building located in the Concourse and Melrose neighborhoods of the Bronx in New York City. It was designed in 1931 and built between 1931 and 1934. It is a nine-story limestone building on a rusticated granite base in the Art Deco style. It has four identical sides, an interior court, and a frieze designed by noted sculptor Charles Keck. The sculptures on the 161st Street side are by noted sculptor George Holburn Snowden. Two sculptural groups on the Walton Avenue side are by noted sculptor Joseph Kiselewski.[2] Kiselewski collaborated with Adolph A. Weinman to create the work. The Bronx Museum of the Arts was once located on the main floor.[3] The building stands two blocks east-southeast of Yankee Stadium, and across 161st Street from Joyce Kilmer Park.
While never officially titled 'Borough Hall', the Bronx County Courthouse houses all municipal borough functions, and is listed as a borough hall on maps by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.[4] The previous freestanding Bronx Borough Hall was damaged by fire and torn down in 1969, but had stopped operating in an official capacity long before this.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Sculpture". Joseph Kiselewski. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
- ^ Larry E. Gobrecht (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bronx County Courthouse". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2011. See also: "Accompanying five photos". Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
- ^ "Bronx Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2020.