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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
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

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Particulars for Tweed Courthouse:
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



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 25th September 1974

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Tweed Courthouse
Registry Address: 52 Chambers St.
Registry Number: 74001277
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Local
Architect: Kellum,John; Eidlitz,Leopold
Architectural Style: No style listed
Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Politics-government, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering, Person
Period of Significance: 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1862, 1872
Associated People: Tweed,"Boss" William Marcy
Historic Function: Government
Historic Sub-Function: Courthouse
Current Function: Government
Current Sub-Function: Government office

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