Mitchell H. Cohen United States Courthouse
The Mitchell H. Cohen United States Courthouse (1994) and the United States Post Office and Courthouse (1932) house the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in Camden, New Jersey. The back-to-back buildings are joined by a second-story enclosed skyway.
Mitchell H. Cohen United States Courthouse
The Mitchell H. Cohen United States Courthouse was designated in 1992 honor of federal Judge Mitchell Harry Cohen[1] Completed in 1994 the courthouse's entrance is located on Cooper Street.[2] The seven-story, 180,000-square-foot building includes 12 courtrooms and attendant facilities, Appellate Judge's suites, Grand Jury room, District Clerk's office, US Marshall's Service Administrative office, prisoner holding facility, law library, and secure indoor parking.[3][4]
United States Post Office and Courthouse
Located at 401 Market Street between Camden Central Business District and Cooper Grant the United States Post Office and Courthouse opened in 1932. The neoclassical Art deco building was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore with an exterior primarily in limestone, granite, brick. Prominent interior features include decorative and colorful terracotta detailing; Spanish Colonial ornamentation and a ceremonial courtroom with oak wainscot paneling.[2][5] In addition to the US post office[6] the building houses the United States Bankruptcy Court District of New Jersey.[7]
Gallery
In 1999, an addition connecting the two wings of the complex was created. The arriccio, sinopia drawings of the fresco for Ben Shahn's Jersey Homesteads Mural was removed from its original community center location in what has now become Roosevelt and is permanently installed in the custom-designed gallery within it.[8][9]
See also
- Camden County Hall of Justice
- List of United States federal courthouses in New Jersey
- List of tallest buildings in Camden
References
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- ^ "H.R. 6163 (102nd): To designate certain Federal buildings". govtrack.us. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
- ^ a b "U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Camden, NJ". General Services Administration. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
- ^ "Mitchell H. Cohen Federal Courthouse". Becica Associates LLC. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
- ^ "Mitchell H Cohne Federal Courthouse". Boro Construction. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
- ^ Math Teacher (July 25, 2011). "Camden Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse - Camden, NJ in Art Deco - Art Nouveau". Waymarking. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
- ^ "Camden Post Office". USPS Post Offices. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
- ^ "Staff (Camden)". United States Bankruptcy Court District of New Jersey. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
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