Sussex County Courthouse

High and Spring Sts., Newton, New Jersey. County/parish: Sussex.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 23, 1979. NRIS 79001523.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Sussex County Courthouse (New Jersey)

Sussex County Courthouse is located at the corner of High and Spring Streets in Newton, the county seat of Sussex County, New Jersey in the United States. It is part 10th vicinage of the New Jersey Superior Court.

It was originally built in 1765 and rebuilt in 1847. It is one of the courthouses dating from the 18th century and among the oldest courthouses in the United States still in active use. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 23, 1979 for its significance in architecture, using Greek Revival temple style.

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