New Haven County Courthouse

New Haven County Courthouse
(2024)
New Haven County Courthouse is located in Connecticut
New Haven County Courthouse
New Haven County Courthouse is located in the United States
New Haven County Courthouse
Location121 Elm Street, New Haven, Connecticut
Coordinates41°18′38″N 72°55′27″W / 41.31056°N 72.92417°W / 41.31056; -72.92417
Area1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built1917 (1917)
ArchitectAllen and Williams
Architectural styleBeaux Arts, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.03000404[1]
Added to NRHPMay 16, 2003

The New Haven County Courthouse is located at 121 Elm Street in the Downtown section of New Haven, Connecticut. The building was built in 1917 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 16, 2003.[1] It is one of the city's finest examples of Beaux Arts architecture, with a particularly elaborate central atrium, and was the site of Griswold v. Connecticut, a historic court case involving women's right to birth control.[2]

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