Hudson County Administration Building

The Hudson County Administration Building is home to the seat of government of Hudson County, New Jersey, USA. It is located at 595 Newark Avenue in the Journal Square section of Jersey City in the abutting Five Corners and Hilltop neighborhoods The building houses government administrative offices, the hall of records, and courts for the county and state. Opened in 1957 and expanded in 1966 the International Style structure is considered obsolete and under consideration for replacement.County seatHudson County was part of a much larger Bergen County until the latter was divided in 1840. By 1845, the site of a new county seat was made for the construction of a new courthouse and jail in Bergen Township, which at the time comprised much of the new county. The original courthouse was replaced by the Hudson County Courthouse in 1910. The jail was replaced in 1926 and eventually demolished in 1995. Until 1945 a major depot of an elevated streetcar line, originally operated by the North Hudson County Railway and later Public Service named Courthouse was in the immediate vicinity.