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The "new" Morris County Courthouse
was built between 1826 and 1827. It was designed by two local architects,
Joseph M. Lindsley of Morristown and Lewis Carter of Chatham, and is one
of New Jersey's most important public buildings in the Federal style. For
many years, bells rang from the belfry at the start of court and when fire
threatened a building in town. Above the front entrance to the courthouse
stands a wooden statue of Justice. She holds a scale to symbolize the balanced
judicial system and a sword to represent the protection of individual rights.
Morristown's statue of Justice is unlike most others because she is not
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