Rockaway Courthouse

90-01 Bch Channel Drive | also 90-01 Beach Channel Drive | Rockaway Beach | built 1930

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1931
Paul C. Hunter's V-shaped limestone courthouse rises in Rockaway Beach
Built in 1931 to designs by architect Paul C. Hunter, the Rockaway Courthouse is a Classical Revival building of limestone over a steel frame, three stories tall above a basement. Its V-shaped plan pairs a tall central block with courtroom wings on either side, and the front is marked by an ornate Greek-style entrance portico.
“It was built in 1931, and is a three-story plus basement, steel frame and limestone, V-shaped building in the Classical Revival style.”
Source: Wikipedia
1962
The Rockaway Courthouse ends its run as a civic building
The building housed a local Municipal Court and a Magistrate's Court in Rockaway Beach. Its life as a public building ended in 1962, the last year it was used for civic purposes.
Source: Wikipedia
2014
February 5
The Rockaway Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The Rockaway Courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 5, 2014. The former court building has since been under reconstruction as a medical center.
“…added = February 5, 2014 ... The courthouse under reconstruction as medical offices in November 2019.”
Source: Wikipedia

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