Putnam County Courthouse (New York)
Putnam County Courthouse | |
Front (west) elevation, 2006 | |
Interactive map showing the location for Putnam County Courthouse | |
| Location | Carmel, NY |
|---|---|
| Nearest city | Danbury, CT |
| Coordinates | 41°25′34.8″N 73°40′43″W / 41.426333°N 73.67861°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (2,000 m2) |
| Built | 1814, renovated 1847 |
| Architect | James Townsend |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 76001264 |
| Added to NRHP | 1976 |
New York's historic Putnam County Courthouse is located on Gleneida Avenue (NY 52) across from the eastern terminus of NY 301 in downtown Carmel, the county seat, overlooking Lake Gleneida. First built in 1814, two years after the county itself was established, it is the second-oldest county courthouse still in use in the state after Fulton County's.
In 1847 it was renovated extensively. At that time the Classical Revival portico and columns were added. Architect James Townsend used commercially available (although inexact) copies of the Corinthian capitals from the Monument of Lysicrates in Athens. For this and its historic importance in the county's history it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.