Perth Amboy City Hall (courthouse and jail), Perth Amboy

Identifier
NJS-PLC-00160
Place Type
Corrections Facility
Court
Located In
Perth Amboy
Description
The Perth Amboy City Hall was used as a courthouse and jail in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Provincial Assembly of New Jersey met here until 1775. Black people who were arrested as fugitives from slavery were held at the jail.

This site is also known as the place where, on March 31, 1870, Thomas Mundy Peterson became the first African American to vote in an election under the provisions of the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The City Hall building was originally erected in the 1710s and was rebuilt multiple times after fires and expanded over the centuries to house the municipal government. Some of the 18th-century structure remains, and the building is still in active use. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Locality
Perth Amboy
County (Modern)
Middlesex County
State or Province
New Jersey
Country
United States of America
Latitude
40.50639
Longitude
-74.26583
References

History of Perth Amboy. City of Perth Amboy government website. https://www.perthamboynj.org/visitors/history.

Perth Amboy City Hall and Surveyor General's Office, National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form. NPGallery Digital Asset Management System, NRIS ID 81000394. https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/c66b5230-abc7-44fb-b6f6-cb398e568875.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_Amboy_City_Hall
Keywords
National Register of Historic Places
Record Contributor
Kate Jackson
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