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Rockaway Courthouse

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Built
  
1931 (1931)

Opened
  
1931

Architectural style
  
Neoclassical architecture

NRHP Reference #
  
13001155

Area
  
1,940 m²

Added to NRHP
  
5 February 2014

Rockaway Courthouse

Location
  
90-01 Beach Channel Dr., Rockaway Beach, New York

Rockaway courthouse


Rockaway Courthouse is a historic courthouse located in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of Queens County, New York. It was built in 1931, and is a three-story plus basement, steel frame and limestone, "V"-shaped building in the Classical Revival style. It consists of a tall central core with flanking courtroom wings. The front facade features an ornate Greek style entrance portico. It served as a local Municipal and Magistrate's Court and was last used as a civic building in 1962.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

References

Rockaway Courthouse Wikipedia