The Burlington County Courthouse is located in Mount Holly, the county seat of Burlington County, New Jersey, U.S.,[1] which itself is coterminous with the 3rd vicinage.[2] The historic courthouse continues to handle judicial proceedings.[3]
The building was constructed in 1796 under the direction of Michael Rush.[4][5] Its architect, Samuel Lewis, designed the building as a virtual identical twin of Congress Hall and Old City Hall, the buildings flanking Independence Hall in Philadelphia. The courthouse bell, removed and installed from an earlier courthouse, rang for independence in 1776.[3]
It is a contributing property to the Mount Holly Historic District, listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places (#842) and National Register of Historic Places (#73001084) in 1973.[6] and has been documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS NJ-27).[5]
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edit- ^ "New Jersey Courts Burlington". State of New Jersey Department of Judiciary. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
- ^ "Vicinage". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ^ a b "Mount Holly Township Historic Information". co.burlington.nj.us. Archived from the original on June 24, 2006. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "Burlington". Courthouse History Burlington. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
- ^ a b "Burlington County Courthouse, High Street, Mount Holly, Burlington County, NJ". Historic American Buildings HABS NJ-27. Library of Congress. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection-Historic Preservation Office.