LANDMARKS OF NEW YORK

JEFFERSON MARKET COURTHOUSE
THIS BUILDING, DESIGNED ALONG VICTORIAN GOTHIC LINES BY VAUX & WITHERS, WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1876 AND SERVED AS THE WOMEN’S COURT UNTIL 1932. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST ARE ITS TURRETS, TRACERIED WINDOWS, IRONWORK AND SCULPTURE.

PLAQUE ERECTED 1958 BY
THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST

[Second plaque]
BELL RINGERS OF THE JEFFERSON MARKET LIBRARY
[illustration of the building]

9:00AM David Jay Clark
10:00 AM Barbara Comfort
11:00AM Cynthia Crane & Ted Story
12:00PM Prudence Crowther
1:00PM Barbara Datesh & Steven Z Kraus
2:00PM Marilyn, Charles and Amanda Dorato
3:00PM Elizabeth Ely & Jonathan Greenburg
4:00PM Carol Feinman
5:00PM Virginia Gilder
6:00PM Elizabeth Gilmore
7:00PM The Family of William E. Smith
8:00PM Howard Hess, MD
9:00PM Norma Langworthy
10:00PM Alfred T. Stanley Foundation

Midnight Halloween Federation to Preserve the Greenwich Village Waterfront & Great Port

Midnight Chritmas Eve Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation

Midnight New Year’s Eve West Village Committee

Inaugural Ring December 17, 1996
With Gratitude to Margot Gayle

[Third plaque]
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS
HAS SELECTED THIS PROJECT FOR
1968 HONOR AWARD

The building used today by the New York Public Library is a New York City historical landmark. The place was initially used as a court.
The building designed by Frederick Clarke Withers was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

The second sign indicates the fact that starting on December 17, 1996, the bell at the top of the tower (known as "Old Jeff") began to ring after a 135-year silence. The bell rings every hour from 9 am to 10 pm

The third sign indicates the fact that the building was awarded a special mention in 1968 by the American Association of Architects.

Another sign, also located nearby, indicates the fact that the place became a branch of the New York Public Library in 1967
THE CITY OF NEW YORK
JOHN V LINDSAY - MAYOR
FRANK D. O’CONNOR - PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
MARIO A PROCACCINO - COMPTROLLER
PERCY E. SUTTON - PRESIDENT, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN

THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
GILBERT W. CHAPMAN - PRESIDENT

JEFFERSON MARKET BRANCH
FORMERLY THE JEFFERSON MARKET COURTHOUSE

DESIGN OF REMODELLING AND RECONSTRUCTION UNDER SUPERVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
EUGENE E. HULT - COMMISSIONER
GIORGIO CAVAGLIERI - ARCHITECT

1967
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