Originally built as the New York County Court, which moved from the Tweed Courthouse in 1927. It was replaced by the New York State Supreme Court. The classical Roman hexagonal courthouse is fronted by a massive Corinthian colonnade supporting an elaborately decorated pediment.
The granite-faced hexagonal building was designed in classical Roman style and was built between 1913 and 1927, completion having been delayed by World War I. It replaced the former New York County Courthouse on Chambers Street, popularly known as the Tweed Courthouse.
A frieze bears the inscription "The true administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government", a quotation taken from a letter written by George Washington to Attorney General Edmund Randolph on September 28, 1789.
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The square is the site of a number of civic buildings including the classic facades and colonnaded entrances multiple Courthouses
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The building is somewhat of an older sibling to Cass Gilbert's 1936 Corinthian-columned Foley Square Courthouse
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A broad set of steps sweeps up from Foley Square to a massive Corinthian colonnade covering most of the front of the courthouse,
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The pediment and acroteria by Frederick Warren Allen include three statues: Law, Truth, and Equity.
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The building's mass and scale give it the appearance of a temple.