Franklin County Justice Center in Greenfield, Massachusetts Courthouse Building, Architecture Images
Franklin County Justice Center in Greenfield, Massachusetts
American Court Building – design by Leers Weinzapfel Associates
Sep 25, 2017
Franklin County Justice Center
Design: Leers Weinzapfel Associates
Location: Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA
The Franklin County Justice Center Project Combines New Addition with Historic Courthouse Renovation in Greenfield, MA

Leers Weinzapfel Associates recently completed the Franklin County Justice Center in Greenfield, MA, the latest in a series of the firm?s award-winning courthouses and civic structures. Located on Main Street in a historically attentive town, the 109,080-square-foot, $66M project combines the renovation of the 1930s Franklin County Courthouse with a new addition. Adding significant space, the initiative reconceives the original building to create a coherent new whole for Greenfield?s judicial future.
The project?s design carefully restores the front of the original brick courthouse for use by the clerk and probation departments. Modern functional requirements for evolving use necessitated a reconfiguration and renovation of the structure that reduced it from 44,352 to 26,136 square feet, but its historical sensibility is maintained through careful preservation of signature elements. Original lighting fixtures, millwork, and building carvings were restored and relocated to significant locales in the structur...