Woonsocket District Courthouse

United States historic place


Woonsocket District Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Coordinates	42°0′6″N 71°30′39″W / 42.00167°N 71.51083°W / 42.00167; -71.51083
Built	1894-96
Built by	William F. Norton; Victor Allaire
Architect	William R. Walker & Son
Architectural style	Richardsonian Romanesque
MPS	Woonsocket MRA
NRHP reference No.	82000014
Added to NRHP	November 24, 1982

The former Woonsocket District Courthouse is a historic court building on 24 Front Street in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

History and architecture

The courthouse, a two-story stone structure, was designed in 1894 in a Romanesque style by architects William R. Walker & Son of Providence and built by contractors William F. Norton and Victor Allaire of Woonsocket. When completed in 1896 it housed the court of the Twelfth Judicial District, later reorganized as the Seventh Division. In 1990 that court was consolidated with the Fifth Division in Pawtucket, which later was consolidated with the Sixth Division. In 1992 the former courthouse was sold to the City of Woonsocket for $1, and in 2003 it was sold and renovated for residential uses. The building is now known as the Courthouse Condos.

The building is a well-designed, though late, example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style, with some Classical elements. It is typical of the civic buildings designed by its architects in smaller towns and urban centers across the state. In contrast the interiors, which have been preserved, are more consistently in the Classical style.

The courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
"MRA nomination for Woonsocket (PDF pages 76-77)" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
Rhode Island General Laws for 1992.
Former Woonsocket District Courthouse, Waymarking.
William H. Jordy, Buildings of Rhode Island (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004), 228.

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