The Old Union County Courthouse is an historic, American
courthouse
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that is located at Vine and Market Streets in
New Berlin,
Union County, Pennsylvania
Union County is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 42,681. Its county seat is Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Lewisburg. ...
.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1972.
History and architectural features
Built in 1815 and renovated between 1855 and 1857 in order to convert the building to a schoolhouse, it was used as a school until 1952, and is a -story, brick building that is three bays wide and four bays deep with a gable roof. The roof features a center
cupola
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The word derives, via Ital ...
.
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It now houses the New Berlin Heritage Museum, also known as the New Berlin Post Office and the Courthouse Museum. The museum is open by appointment and on New Berlin Day, a street festival held each year at the end of August.
[http://www.newberlinpa.com/ New Berlin Day]
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1972.
See also
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List of state and county courthouses in Pennsylvania
This is a list of former and current Judiciary of Pennsylvania, non-federal courthouses in the Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Each of the 67 List of counties in Pennsylvania, counties in the Commonwealth has a city or borough desi ...
References
External links
New Berlin Heritage Museum- Town of New Berlin
{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
County courthouses in Pennsylvania
Government buildings completed in 1857
Buildings and structures in Union County, Pennsylvania
Museums in Union County, Pennsylvania
National Register of Historic Places in Union County, Pennsylvania
1857 establishments in Pennsylvania