Tombs I, 1838–1902. The original Tombs was officially known as the Halls of Justice, built-in 1838 in the Egyptian Revival architecture style.

New York City Halls of Justice and House of Detention Tombs II, 1902–1941,

City Prison Tombs III, 1941–1974, Manhattan House of Detention was closed by Federal Judge Morris E Lasker in 1974 because of its poor conditions and replaced by the Manhattan Detention Complex.&nbsp;

Manhattan House of Detention Tombs IV, 1983/1990–2023,Manhattan Detention Complex (known as the Bernard B. Kerik Complex from 2001 to 2006) - 2023

Also known as the Tombs. the colloquial name for the Manhattan Detention Complex (formerly the Bernard B. Kerik Complex), a municipal jail in Lower Manhattan at 125 White Street, as well as the nickname for three previous city-run jails in the former Five Points neighborhood of lower Manhattan, an area now known as the Civic Center.&nbsp;The four buildings known as The Tombs were:

Franklin, Center, Leonard, and Elm Streets

connecting the Tombs prison at left with the Manhattan Criminal Courts building at right

("The Tombs") At 100 Baxter Street, also facing White and Centre Streets, in the Civic Center district of Manhattan, New York City was built in 1989 and was designed by Urbahn Assocs. and Litchfield-Grosfeld Assocs. It is connected by a pedestrian bridge to the south building, which is a wing of the Criminal Courts Building at 100 Centre Street, which in turn is connected to the main part of the building by the "Bridge of Sighs"wiki

The original Egyptian-Revival-style Tombs building.View is north, from the corner of Leonard Street (left) and Centre Street

Wedding of John Colt in Tombs prison Manhattan from ‘The New York Tombs: its secrets and its mysteries. Being a history of noted criminals, with narratives of their crimes' by Charles Sutton (1874)John Caldwell Colt, brother of Samuel Colt (inventor of the Colt revolver), was an American fur trader and author of a popular bookkeeping textbook. In 1842, he was convicted of murdering printer Samuel Adams, allegedly in self-defense, but he hid the crime by disposing of the body. The trial gained notoriety due to Colt's prominent family and his behavior in court. He was sentenced to hang but committed suicide before his execution, leading to conspiracy theories about his death. His case influenced literary works by Edgar Allan Poe and Herman Melville.

The "Bridge of Sighs" connecting the 1902 Tombs prison at left with the 1894 Manhattan Criminal Courts building, looking west from Centre Street  

Criminal Courts Building, 100 Center St

Manhattan Detention Complex

Manhattan Detention Complex North Tower

Manhattan House of Detention (became Manhattan Detention Complex South Tower in 1983)

Manhattan Detention Complex

1983 - Addition and Renovation

1983 - Addition and Renovation - Images

1941 - Rebuilt

1941 - Rebuilt - Images

1902 - Rebuilt

1902 - Rebuilt - Images

1902 - Rebuilt - Drawings and documents

1838 - Constructed

1838 - Constructed - Images

1838 - Constructed - Drawings and documents