Tweed Courthouse
- Also Known As: Old New York County Courthouse
- Address: 52 Chambers St
- Neighborhood of Civic Center in Manhattan NYC
- Borough of Manhattan NYC in New York City
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
William Marcy "Boss" Tweed | Significant name | |||||
Leopold Eidlitz | Architect | |||||
John Kellum | Architect | |||||
1862/00/00 | ||||||
1872/00/00 | ||||||
1890/06/12 | Annette Wetmore Markoe | Defendant in Error | Annette B W Wetmore, wife of the William B Wetmore, plaintiff, begins an action for divorce and alimony in the supreme court of the State of New York. | Marriages of Annette Wetmore Markoe | ||
1892/04/01 | Annette Wetmore Markoe | Defendant in Error | The NY State Supreme Court awards Annette Wetmore custody of their three minor children, $3,000 alimony per annum as long she should live and the sum $1,000 per each minor child, annually, for their education and maintenance until the age of 21 years. | Marriages of Annette Wetmore Markoe | ||
1892/04/01 | William Boerum Wetmore | Plaintiff in Error | During a special term, the New York State Supreme Court finds William Wetmore guilty of adultery as charged in the complaint and grants a divorce. Plaintiff is required to give security for the payment of alimony. | Marriages of Annette Wetmore Markoe | ||
1999/00/00 | During construction of a new sidewalk in front of the Tweed Building, nine intact burials are found on the southern edge of the African Burying Ground. Unmarked beneath the sidewalks, roads and buildings, upwards of 15,000 skeletons remain. | Ancestral Return to the African Burying Ground |
Particulars for Tweed Courthouse: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Historic Use | Courthouse |
Level of Significance | National |
Criteria | Person |
Area of Significance | Politics-government |
Building Material | Westchester, Inwood marble |
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