Clinton County Courthouse Complex Explained

Clinton County Courthouse Complex
Location:135 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, New York
Coordinates:44.6989°N -73.4536°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location of Clinton County Courthouse Complex
Built:-1885, 1889
Architect:Cummings, M.F.
Builder:Brown Bros.
Architecture:Italianate, Romanesque
Added:November 12, 1982
Refnum:82001101
Designated Other1:New York State Register of Historic Places
Designated Other1 Number:01940.000238
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Designated Other1 Abbr:NYSRHP
Designated Other1 Date:November 12, 1982

The Clinton County Courthouse Complex is a historic county government and courthouse site located at 135 Margaret Street in Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York. The main courthouse was constructed in 1889. It is a two-story, ashlar stone and brick Richardsonian Romanesque style building. It has a hipped roof and rock-faced arched openings. It features a large, square central tower with an open campanile and pyramidal roof. The associated Surrogate's Building was built in 1884–1885, and is a two-story, Italianate style brick building with a bracketed cornice with Renaissance style detail.[1]

The courthouse complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 12, 1982.

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  1. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20190404141934/https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ . dead . 2019-04-04 . . Searchable database . 2015-11-01 . Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Clinton County Courthouse Complex . 2015-11-01 . K.R. McHugh . Russ Bordeau . Julie Robinson . PDF . July 1978 .