Cortland County Courthouse
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Cortland County Courthouse | |
,_Cortland,_New_York.jpg) Cortland County Courthouse, 1993 | |
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| Location | Courthouse Park, Cortland, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°35′56″N 76°10′37″W / 42.59889°N 76.17694°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1924 |
| Architect | Gordon, James Riely |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001228[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 9, 1974 |
Cortland County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Cortland in Cortland County, New York. It was built in 1924 and is a three-story building in the shape of a Latin cross built of Indiana limestone. It is located within a three-acre park. It features a distinctive cupola and corresponding rotunda, which rests on an octagonal base, above which are 24 Corinthian columns. It was designed by James Riely Gordon in the Beaux Arts style.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
In the shape of a Latin cross, the courthouse has a 3-bay wide front on the north facade. Atop the doorway including the second and third stories is a veranda with Doric columns — single columns at each end and 2 interior pairs of columns. Also, engaged columns intrude the window treatment of the second and third floors on the east and west elevations. The building is covered with a low-slung hip roof. In the year of 1969, asphalt shingles superseded the original slate. The roof cornice's top consists of a parapet that is of Indiana limestone also. The exceptional architectural characteristic of this establishment is its cupola, which lies on a balustraded octagonal base atop which are 24 Corinthian columns. Afterwards, the modillions of the structure's cornice are repeated in proper scale. There is a 4-inch concrete-made dome over the top of the order. The dome is overlaid with copper and 16-inch steel-arc beams meeting at a circular opening in the top. The statue of justice stands on the Ionic-column finial above the drum. The primary attraction of the interior is the dome. There is a rotunda towering the dome within the structure. The second and third floors’ columned verandas ignore the rotunda. Inside of the dome contains a coffered ceiling of plaster with a stained glass skylight covering the central opening. Marble wainscoting is set up throughout the courthouse. A one-story circular limestone war monument which is constructed of 8 columns and a roof is directly in front of the central gateway on the north facade.[3][4][5]
