Surrogate's Courthouse

	Surrogate's Court
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	New York State Register of Historic Places
	New York City Landmark No. 0082, 0926
	View from the Manhattan Municipal Building
Location	31 Chambers Street, Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates	40°42′49″N 74°00′16″W / 40.71361°N 74.00444°W
Built	1899–1907
Architect	John R. Thomas; Horgan & Slattery
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
NRHP reference No.	72000888
NYSRHP No.	06101.000420
NYCL No.	0082, 0926
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 29, 1972
Designated NHL	December 22, 1977
Designated NYSRHP	June 23, 1980
Designated NYCL	February 15, 1966 (exterior); May 11, 1976 (interior);

The Surrogate's Courthouse (also the Hall of Records and 31 Chambers Street) is a historic building at the northwest corner of Chambers and Centre Streets in the Civic Center of Manhattan in New York City. Completed in 1907, it was designed in the Beaux Arts style. John Rochester Thomas created the original plans while Arthur J. Horgan and Vincent J. Slattery oversaw the building's completion. The building faces City Hall Park and the Tweed Courthouse to the south, as well as the Manhattan Municipal Building to the east.

The Surrogate's Courthouse is a seven-story steel-framed structure with a granite facade and elaborate marble interiors. The architects used a fireproof frame so the structure could safely accommodate the city's paper records. The exterior is decorated with 54 sculptures by Philip Martiny and Henry Kirke Bush-Brown, as well as three-story colonnades with Corinthian columns along Chambers and Reade Streets. The basement houses the New York City Municipal Archives. The fifth floor contains the New York Surrogate's Court for New York County, which handles probate and estate proceedings for the New York State Unified Court System.

The Hall of Records building had been planned since the late 19th century to replace an outdated building in City Hall Park; plans for the current building were approved in 1897. Construction took place between 1899 and 1907, having been subject to several delays because of controversies over funding, sculptures, and Horgan and Slattery's involvement after Thomas's death in 1901. Renamed the Surrogate's Courthouse in 1962, the building has undergone few alterations over the years. The Surrogate's Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark, and its facade and interior are both New York City designated landmarks.

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