Cortland County Courthouse
Cortland County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Cortland in Cortland County, New York. It was built in 1924 and is a three-story building in the shape of a Latin cross built of Indiana limestone. It is located within a three-acre park. It features a distinctive cupola and corresponding rotunda, which rests on an octagonal base, above which are 24 Corinthian columns. It was designed by James Riely Gordon in the Beaux Arts style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Description In the shape of a Latin cross, the courthouse has a 3-bay wide front on the north facade. Atop the doorway including the second and third stories is a veranda with Doric columns — single columns at each end and 2 interior pairs of columns. Also, engaged columns intrude the window treatment of the second and third floors on the east and west elevations. The building is covered with a low-slung hip roof. In the year of 1969, asphalt shingles superseded the original slate. The roof cornice’s top consists of a parapet that is of Indiana limestone also. The exceptional architectural characteristic of this establishment is its cupola, which lies on a