New Haven Courthouses
A photographic history with cited opening dates, collection history and individually credited images. Historic views, later photographs and illustrations are dated separately. This is a selected collection, not an exhaustive inventory.

id: SGC100-S1
title: GSA: Richard C. Lee U.S. Courthouse
url: https://www.gsa.gov/real-estate/explore-historic-buildings/find-a-historic-federal-building/richard-c-lee-u-s-courthouse-new-haven-ct
summary: James Gamble Rogers designed the federal courthouse and post office, constructed 1913–1919; cornerstone ceremony in 1914.
kind: Historical sources
date: Source dates described in record
credit: GSA: Richard C. Lee U.S. Courthouse
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institution: New Haven Courthouses
accessed: 2026-09-24
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id: SGC100-S2
title: JCJ Architecture: New Haven County Courthouse
url: https://www.jcj.com/project/new-haven-county-courthouse/
summary: The restoration architect describes Allen and Williams’s county courthouse, completed in 1914.
kind: Historical sources
date: Source dates described in record
credit: JCJ Architecture: New Haven County Courthouse
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institution: New Haven Courthouses
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id: SGC100-S3
title: District of Connecticut: History of the Court
url: https://ctd.uscourts.gov/history-court
summary: Court history with links to the 1914 cornerstone ceremony and architectural research.
kind: Historical sources
date: Source dates described in record
credit: District of Connecticut: History of the Court
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institution: New Haven Courthouses
accessed: 2026-09-24
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id: PHOTO-9916414
title: Federal courthouse and post office: a period view
kind: Postcards
date: Undated historic postcard
institution: New Haven Courthouses
summary: A historic view reproduced by the General Services Administration shows the federal courthouse and post office. The building was completed in 1919.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_C._Lee_Courthouse,_New_Haven_CT.jpg
credit: General Services Administration; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-154854320
title: Richard C. Lee United States Courthouse
kind: Photographs
date: 2024-10-29
institution: New Haven Courthouses
summary: New Haven, CT
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_C._Lee_United_States_Courthouse_(54106347124).jpg
credit: ajay_suresh; CC BY 2.0; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-41545205
title: U.S. Post Office and Court House, New Haven, Conn (71080)
kind: Postcards
date: between circa 1930 and circa 1945
institution: New Haven Courthouses
summary: Title: U.S. Post Office and Court House, New Haven, Conn. Subjects: Post offices; Courthouses Places: Connecticut > New Haven (county) > New Haven Notes: Title from item. Extent: 1 print (postcard) : linen texture, color ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Accession #: 06_10_004277
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Post_Office_and_Court_House,_New_Haven,_Conn_(71080).jpg
credit: Tichnor Brothers, Publisher; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-13397655
title: US Dist Conn
kind: Photographs
date: 1995
institution: New Haven Courthouses
summary: U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in 1995. New Haven, CT.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Dist_Conn.jpg
credit: Federal Judicial Center, https://www.fjc.gov/history/courthouses.nsf; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-59464896
title: Downtown, New Haven, CT, USA - panoramio (20)
kind: Photographs
date: 26 April 2015
institution: New Haven Courthouses
summary: Downtown, New Haven, CT, USA
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Downtown,_New_Haven,_CT,_USA_-_panoramio_(20).jpg
credit: Roman Eugeniusz; CC BY-SA 3.0; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-117070494
title: Inside the Richard C. Lee courtroom
kind: Photographs
date: April 1, 2022
institution: New Haven Courthouses
summary: A modern photograph of the courtroom inside the Richard C. Lee United States Courthouse. The interior belongs to the federal building, distinct from the county courthouse on Elm Street.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NHCTCourt.jpg
credit: Coleman12Orme56; CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-5026464
title: New Haven County Courthouse, October 17, 2008
kind: Photographs
date: 2008-10-17
institution: New Haven Courthouses
summary: The old New Haven County Courthouse at 121 Elm St., a Neo-classical Beaux-Arts building designed by William Allen and Richard Williams and constructed between 1909 and 1914. It currently serves as the Geographical Area #23 Courthouse. It is a Registered Historic Place. Camera location 41° 18′ 29.73″ N, 72° 55′ 28.6″ W View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap 41.308259; -72.924612
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_County_Courthouse,_October_17,_2008.jpg
credit: Sage Ross; CC BY-SA 3.0; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-194418124
title: New Haven County Courthouse, New Haven, Connecticut
kind: Photographs
date: 2026-04-20
institution: New Haven Courthouses
summary: The New Haven County Courthouse, Beaux-Arts façade with Ionic colonnade and pediment sculpted by J. Massey Rhind (completed 1917), facing the New Haven Green. Connecticut, USA.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_County_Courthouse,_New_Haven,_Connecticut.jpg
credit: Christian David; CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-194418131
title: New Haven County Courthouse, three-quarter view, New Haven, Connecticut
kind: Photographs
date: 2026-04-20
institution: New Haven Courthouses
summary: The New Haven County Courthouse, three-quarter view under a clear sky. Connecticut, USA.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_County_Courthouse,_three-quarter_view,_New_Haven,_Connecticut.jpg
credit: Christian David; CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-95166148
title: Connecticut - New Haven County Courthouse - 20201018013756
kind: Photographs
date: 18 October 2020,
institution: New Haven Courthouses
summary: Connecticut, New Haven County Courthouse.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Connecticut_-_New_Haven_County_Courthouse_-_20201018013756.jpg
credit: Soorbee; CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
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