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INTERNAL LINKS
The Federal Court ( 1875 - 1936 ). This vintage picture postcard shows the northeast face of the General Post Office completed in 1875 at Broadway and Park Row in Manhattan. Before it was torn down in 1939, it was also home to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and Southern District of New York Federal Courts. [ Continued ]
The General Post Office Building
EXTERNAL LINK
Click on the thumbnail to the Left for an 1899 New York Times article, with photos, on the history of the Southern District Court. A letter to the Editor from admiralty lawyer Robert D. Benedict ( name sound familiar? ) says the Times got a few things wrong.