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This list includes courthouse buildings in Boston, Massachusetts, used by municipal, county, state and federal courts, from the 17th century through the present. ==Built in the 17th-18th century== * First Town-House, Boston, built 1658. "The first Boston town house, constructed of wood on the site of the market-place, defined the town's political, social, and economic center by housing the colonial government, law courts, markets, and militia musters."〔Martha J. McNamara. "In the Face of the Court...": Law, Commerce, and the Transformation of Public Space in Boston, 1650-1770. Winterthur Portfolio, Vol. 36, No. 2/3 (Summer - Autumn, 2001)〕 * State House, built 1713, on the site of the former Town-House〔Davis. 1895; p.101〕 This building still exists as the "Old State House," State Street * Court house, built 1768-69, Queen Street. "...the Justices of the Court of Sessions for the County of Suffolk, have voted to build an elegant new Court House in Queen Street..."〔Boston Evening Post, No. 1701 (May 2, 1768)〕 "The elegant new Court-House in Queen-Street, Boston, being now finish'd..."〔Boston Post Boy, No. 604 (March 13, 1769)〕 "Municipal Court continued to be held ... until June 20, 1822."〔Davis. 1895; p.101-102〕 By 1807 some disliked its features: "The County Court-House in Court street is by no means an ornament to the town; it is small, inconvenient, and exposed to the noise of a very busy street. ... In the court-house are kept the probate-office and registry of deeds for the county."〔Boston Directory. 1807〕 Alternately, historian Caleb Snow describes it in 1828 more favorably: "The Old Court House on the south side of Court-street, is a handsome building of brick, three stories high, and has on the roof an octagon copula. On the lower floor are the offices of the United States District Marshall, and several private offices. In the second story, the floor of which is supported by pillars of the Tuscan order, are held the Circuit and District Courts of the U.S. for the Massachusetts District, and the office of the District Clerk. In the third story are convenient rooms for jurors, etc. This building, before the erection of the New Court House (1810 ) ... was used by all the courts of law held in the county."〔Snow. History of Boston. 1828; p.376〕 Image:First Town House1.jpg|Conjectural drawing of First Town-House, King St., 17th century Image:1728 DockSq Boston byWBurgis BPL10063.png|Detail of 1728 map of Boston, showing location of State House (letter "a" on map) Image:1751 CourtHouse Boston byNathanielHurd.png|Court House, Boston, built 1713 (engraving 1751 by Nathaniel Hurd; courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of courthouses in Boston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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