Harlem Courthouse

The Harlem Courthouse at 170 East 121st Street on the corner of Sylvan Place – a remnant of the former Boston Post Road[4] – in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, was built in 1891-93 and was designed by Thom & Wilson in the Romanesque Revival style. The brick, brownstone, bluestone, granite and terra cotta building features gables, archways, an octagonal corner tower and a two-faced clock. It was built for the Police and District Courts, but is now used by other city agencies.

Harlem Courthouse
NYC Landmark No. 0297
(2009)
Location170 East 121st Street
Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates40°48′4.5″N 73°56′18.5″W
Built1891-93[1][2]
ArchitectThom & Wilson
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.80002692[3]
NYCL No.0297
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 16, 1980
Designated NYCLAugust 2, 1967

In 1936, during the New Deal, Federal Art Project artist David Karfunkle painted a mural, "Exploitation of Labor and Hoarding of Wealth" on its third floor.[5][6][7]

The city government used the building as a laboratory to measure air pollution. At the time of the 1966 New York City smog, it was the city's only station to measure the air.[8]

The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1967, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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Notes

  1. White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 553. ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.
  2. New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1.
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  4. Dunlap, David W. (2004). From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-12543-7., p. 61
  5. "CultureNOW - Exploitation of Labor and Hoarding of Wealth: David Karfunkle".
  6. "Harlem Court House". Harlem One Stop.
  7. "Harlem Court House". Archived from the original on 2011-12-11. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  8. Schumach, Murray (November 27, 1966). "Smog Swept Away By Cool Air Mass". The New York Times.


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