5-514: Fairfield County Courthouse may refer to: Fairfield County Courthouse (Bridgeport, Connecticut) , listed on the NRHP in Fairfield County, Connecticut Fairfield County Courthouse (Danbury, Connecticut) Fairfield County Courthouse (Ohio) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
10-538: The Court of Common Pleas , is located at 172 Golden Hill Street in downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut . It is also known as Geographical Area (GA) Courthouse No. 2 at Bridgeport . It is a Richardsonian Romanesque brick building built in 1888. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It still functions as a courthouse where all but the most serious criminal cases are heard. In 1886, when
15-488: The then-current city hall/county courthouse (now McLevy Hall ) proved insufficient for both the growing needs of Bridgeport and Fairfield County , the county decided to build a new courthouse. Norwalk bid for the new courthouse to be moved there, offering $ 100,000 towards construction, but the Bridgeport group, including P.T. Barnum , offered $ 150,000. The building was designed by Bridgeport architect Warren R. Briggs , and
20-577: The title Fairfield County Courthouse . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fairfield_County_Courthouse&oldid=368723946 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fairfield County Courthouse (Bridgeport, Connecticut) The Fairfield County Courthouse , also known as
25-464: Was completed and opened in 1888. The Fairfield County Courthouse stands on the northside of downtown Bridgeport, on the north side of Golden Hill Street just west of Main Street. It is a three-story masonry structure, with its exterior clad in brick with brownstone and terra cotta trim. It is set on a high foundation of ashlar granite. The main facade is dominated by a six-story tower at its center, which
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