The Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building and United States Courthouse, originally known as the United States Courthouse and Federal Building, is located in
Trenton,
Mercer County,
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
. It houses the
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (in case citations, D.N.J.) is a federal court in the Third Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the ...
.
The building was designed by
James A. Wetmore
James Alfonso Wetmore (November 1863 – March 14, 1940) was an American lawyer and administrator, best known as the Acting Supervising Architect of the U.S. Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department from 1915 through 1933 ...
and completed in 1932. The "stripped" Neoclassic structure contains murals by Charles Wells. It was added to the
state register of historic places in 1989 and
federal register
The ''Federal Register'' (FR or sometimes Fed. Reg.) is the official journal of the federal government of the United States that contains government agency rules, proposed rules, and public notices. It is published every weekday, except on feder ...
in 2012. It was named for federal judge
Clarkson Sherman Fisher
Clarkson Sherman Fisher (July 8, 1921 – July 27, 1997) was a United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Education and career
Born in Long Branch, New Jersey, Lo ...
in 1993 prior to his death in 1997.
"Clarkson S. Fisher, 76, Is Dead; Was Federal Judge In New Jersey" By David M. Herszenhorn, New York Times, July 30, 1997
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See also
*List of United States federal courthouses in New Jersey
Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in New Jersey. Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers,For ...
*
* Mercer County Courthouse (New Jersey)
* Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex
References
External links
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Buildings and structures in Trenton, New Jersey
Courthouses in New Jersey
Government buildings completed in 1932
Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Neoclassical architecture in New Jersey
Art Deco architecture in New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Trenton, New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
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