New Haven City Hall and County Courthouse

The New Haven City Hall and County Courthouse is located at 161 Church Street in the section of , . The city hall building, designed by Henry Austin, was built in 1861; the old courthouse building, now an annex, was built in 1871–73.
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  • Type: Town hall
  • Also known as: New Haven City Hall
  • Address: 165 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06510
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kennedy Mitchell Hall of Records and Amistad Memorial.

Public building
The is located in and houses many of the City of New Haven's governmental functions, including finance, vital statistics, offices of the town clerk, and public hearing rooms where city policy is debated.

Memorial
The in , , is a bronze sculpture created by Ed Hamilton to recognize the events of the 1839 Amistad Affair. The affair was a kidnapping of 53 Africans and their subsequent mutiny aboard La Amistad.

Library
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is the rare book library and literary archive of Yale University Library in . It is one of the largest buildings in the world dedicated to rare books and manuscripts and is one of the largest collections of such texts. is situated 1,800 feet northwest of New Haven City Hall and County Courthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Haven and Elm Street Historic District.

is a city in the U.S. state of . It is located on on the northern shore of . With a population of 134,023 at the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous city in Connecticut and the largest in the , with the metropolitan area having an estimated 577,000 residents.

Neighborhood
is a state historic district in the area of , . The area is eligible for listing, but not yet listed, on the National Register of Historic Places.

Neighborhood
is the neighborhood located in the heart of the city of , . It is made up of the original nine squares laid out in 1638 to form New Haven, including the , and the immediate surrounding central business district, as well as a significant portion of the Yale University campus.

New Haven City Hall and County Courthouse

Latitude
41.30737° or 41° 18′ 27″ north
Longitude
-72.92428° or 72° 55′ 27″ west
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
Height
56 feet (17 metres)
Open location code
87H9834G+W7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 39267857
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
4839368
Wiki­data ID
Q13652860
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  • Chinese: 纽黑文市政厅

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