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The Old Hudson County Court House
Newark Avenue, between Baldwin Avenue and Willow Court
(northwest of the Brennan Court House)

Postcard of The Old Hudson County Courthouse

Hudson County Courthouse
Photo: P. Shalhoub


The Classic Neo-Greek revival building fronted by six Doric columns with a pedimented temple-front opened March 11, 1845. It served as the first Court in Hudson County after its formation by the New Jersey legislature in 1940. Hudson County had been a part of Bergen County from its colonial origins. The location of the Bergen County Court House in Hackensack and its distance from residents in the southern parts of Bergen County to Bergen Point, presently Bayonne, weighed in the decision to establish the separate County of Hudson.

The Brennan Hudson County Court House replaced the Old Hudson County Court House in 1910.

The Hudson County Administration Office Building is now on the site of the 1845 Hudson County Court House and County Jail.

 

 

By: Carmela Karnoutsos
Project Administrator: Patrick Shalhoub