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New Haven County Courthouse

New Haven, CT

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New Haven Courthouse aerial view

Context and Background
New Haven County Courthouse (NHCC) sits at the northeast corner of the historic New Haven Green. Completed in 1914, the New Haven firm of Allen and Williams drew inspiration from St. George’s Hall in Liverpool and infused Beaux-Arts principles in a Neo-Classical style. One of a small number of buildings commissioned by New Haven County to bolster its “City Beautiful” movement, the Courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Place and part of the New Haven Green Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District. The Green, completed in 1638, comprises the central square of the nine square settlement plan created by New Haven’s Puritan colonists. Located at the center of downtown, the Green and the Courthouse are an important part of New Haven’s identity and civic fabric.

By the turn of the century, the effects of pollution, sporadic maintenance, occupant-driven alterations and the passage of time left this graceful structure in a dramatic state of deterioration. After establishing the need to comprehensively address building envelope issues, the State of Connecticut Department of Construction Services (CTDCS) assembled a team of professionals to bring this stately landmark back from the brink.