Nassau County's Theodore Roosevelt Executive & Legislative Building

The building is designed by architect William B. Tubby.

The building at 1550 Franklin Ave. (Mineola, Long Island) remained the seat of county government until the start of World War II, when it fell into disrepair and was relegated to housing county agencies.

The old courthouse, once regarded as among the finest in the state, features coffered ceilings, Ionic columns, a gilded rotunda and murals designed by Sea Cliff resident Robert Gaston Herbert and commissioned by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression.

The Brooklyn Eagle, once America's most widely read afternoon paper, reported in February 1902:

"The Board of Supervisors of Nassau County held open house at the courthouse and jail today and as a result this place has been a Mecca of Nassau taxpayers, who came from far and near to see what kind of a court house and jail this county really had. The general verdict of all who went through the buildings was that Nassau County has as fine public building as any county in the state."

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items are from 09 Apr 2008.