National Register of Historic Places
Monroe County Courthouse
Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania
The record
- Listed
- April 18, 1979
- Type
- Building
- Address
- Seventh and Monroe Sts., Stroudsburg
- County
- Monroe
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Contributing resources
- 1 building
- Coordinates
- 40.98709, -75.19482
- Reference number
- 09000097
The story
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The Monroe County Courthouse is a courthouse building at Seventh and Monroe Streets in Stroudsburg, Monroe County, built in 1890 in a simplified Romanesque style. T. I. Lacey and Son designed the building, R. S. Shiffer and Sons served as builder, and H. T. Rinker and M. R. Kiefer are also named as architects.
Why it's listed
It was listed in the National Register under criterion A, with local-level significance in architecture and law. The nomination gives its period of significance as 1890 to 1934, reflecting the courthouse's construction in 1890 and the addition built in 1934.
Physical character
The foundation is coursed ashlar sandstone, the walls are stone and limestone, and the roof is slate. The building has a structural steel frame and reinforced concrete floors, with sections of heavy timber construction. Its features include a gambrel roof, double hung wooden windows, an iron stairway, and a flat area enclosed by an ornamental iron railing. The courthouse originally had four stone chimneys; in 1934 two were removed and rebuilt on the addition.
Historical context
The courthouse was built for Monroe County in 1890, and the county added onto it in 1934. It served as Monroe County's courthouse throughout its period of significance.