Exemplifying the ideals of the “City Beautiful” movement, this opulent Parisian courthouse was originally built as a storage facility for the city`s records. Statues on the exterior, by Philip Martiny and Henry Kirk Bush-Brown, depict various allegorical figures such as Law and Philosophy, as well as prominent features of New York history.1911 Surrogate Court completed as a fireproof building, designed to house the City's Records. The 58 sculptures by Philip Martiny and Henry Kirke Bush-Brown on the outside are themed around Revolution and about New York The Surrogate's Court - Hall of Records cost $7 million to build in 1888.Planned since 1888 for use as a Hall of Records and home to Surrogate's Court, it took eight years to build, from 1899 to 1907, and cost more than seven million dollars
