The United States Post Office and Courthouse (1932) and the Mitchell H. Cohen United States Courthouse (1994) house 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 United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Third Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. gover ...

Camden, New Jersey Camden is a City (New Jersey), city in Camden County, New Jersey, Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan region. The city was incorporated on February 13, 1828.Snyder, John P''The Story of ...

. The back-to-back buildings are joined by a second story enclosed

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United States Post Office and Courthouse

Located at 401 Market Street between Camden Central Business District and Cooper Grant, the United States Post Office and Courthouse opened in 1932. The neoclassical Art deco building was designed by the

Office of the Supervising Architect The Office of the Supervising Architect was an agency of the United States Treasury Department that designed federal government buildings from 1852 to 1939. About The office handled some of the most important architectural commissions of ...

under James A. Wetmore with an exterior primarily in limestone, granite, brick. Prominent interior features include decorative and colorful terracotta detailing;

Spanish Colonial The Spanish Colonial Revival architecture (), often known simply as Spanish Revival, is a term used to encompass a number of revivalist architectural styles based in both Spanish colonial architecture and Spanish architecture in general. These ...

ornamentation and a ceremonial courtroom with oak

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paneling. The building houses the United States Bankruptcy Court District of New Jersey. The building is listed in the

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and federal registers of historic places.

Mitchell H. Cohen United States Courthouse (annex)

The Mitchell H. Cohen United States Courthouse was designated in 1992 honor of federal Judge Mitchell H. Cohen. Completed in 1994 the courthouse's entrance is located on Cooper Street. The seven-story, 180,000-square-foot building includes 12 courtrooms and attendant facilities, Appellate Judge's suites, Grand Jury room, District Clerk's office, US Marshall's Service Administrative office, prisoner holding facility, law library, and secure indoor parking.

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In 1999, an addition connecting two wings of the building was created on the second floor of the building. The arriccio,

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drawings of the fresco for

Ben Shahn Ben Shahn (September 12, 1898 – March 14, 1969) was an American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political views, and his series of lectures published as ''The Shape of Content''. Born Benjamin Shahn in Ka ...

's Jersey Homesteads mural (1938) were removed from their original community center location in what has now become Roosevelt and is permanently installed in the custom-designed gallery within it.

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United States District Court for the District of New JerseyLibrary of Congress gallery
{{Authority control Buildings and structures in Camden, New Jersey Government buildings completed in 1932 Courthouses in New Jersey Art Deco architecture in New Jersey Neoclassical architecture in New Jersey Tourist attractions in Camden, New Jersey Federal courthouses in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Camden County, New Jersey History of Camden, New Jersey Camden Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places

United States Post Office and Courthouse

Mitchell H. Cohen United States Courthouse (annex)

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