Area 5,300 m² Added to NRHP 26 April 1990 | NRHP Reference # 90000691 Year built 1907 | |
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Architect Voorhees, Stephen Francis | ||
The Justice Court Building is a historic court and municipal building located in Glen Cove in Nassau County, New York. Built for the city between 1907 and 1909, it was designed by the noted architect Stephen Francis Voorhees (1878–1965). The 3-story, rectangular red brick building has a steeply pitched roof covered with green clay tile. A 1 1⁄2-story rear addition was built in 1923, used for some time as a jail. It is decorated with ceramic-glazed moldings and molded terra cotta decoration and exhibits features of the Dutch Colonial Revival or Collegiate Gothic style. It features a square bell tower. The former rectory contains the museum and is a 2-story rectangular building in the Tudor Revival style.
The building on Glen Street was used for the court, city hall and later as police headquarters. In the early decades, the Women's Exchange was located just to the west of the building; the group raised money to provide social services.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It has been acquired by the North Shore Historical Museum, which plans to renovate the building for use as a museum.