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The Cape May County Courthouse is located at 9 North Main Street in Cape May Court House, the
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of
Cape May County Cape May County is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Much of the county is located on the Cape May peninsula, bound by the Delaware Bay to its west and the Atlantic Ocean to its south and east. Adjacent to the Atlantic ...
, which itself is in
Middle Township, New Jersey Middle Township is a Township (New Jersey), township in Cape May County, New Jersey, Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township, and all of Cape May County, is part of the Ocean City, New Jersey, Ocean City metropolitan sta ...
, United States. It was designed by Edwards & Green of Camden and Philadelphia and built in 1926–1927 by Bennett McLaughlin Company, also of Philadelphia. They also designed the county seal, which was originally meant as a medallion for the new courthouse floor, and adopted as official in 1927.Official Cape May County Seal adopted in 1927
/ref> It replaced the Old Cape May County Courthouse Building that had been built in 1848 and that was added to the
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in 1981. This First order, Fresnel lens from the top of the Cape May Lighthouse was moved to the courthouse.


See also

* County courthouses in New Jersey * Federal courthouses in New Jersey * Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex


References

{{New Jersey Middle Township, New Jersey County courthouses in New Jersey Buildings and structures in Cape May County, New Jersey Government buildings completed in 1927 1927 establishments in New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places Historic district contributing properties in New Jersey Neoclassical architecture in New Jersey