At jct. of NY 52 and NY 301, Carmel, New York. County/parish: Putnam.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 11, 1976. NRIS 76001264.
1 contributing building.
The Putnam County Courthouse is a historic courthouse in the hamlet of Carmel, New York, the county seat of Putnam County. Located on Gleneida Avenue (NY 52) on the shore of Lake Gleneida, it was built in 1814, two years after the county was established. It is the second-oldest county courthouse still in use in the state after Fulton County's.
In 1847 it was renovated extensively. At that time the Classical Revival portico and columns were added. Architect James Townsend used commercially available (although inexact) versions of the Corinthian capitals from the Monument of Lysicrates in Athens. For this and its historic importance in the county's history it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321044