Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse

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The Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse is United States Post Office and courthouse of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey located at Government Center in Downtown Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. The building's cornerstone was laid in 1933 and the building was completed as a New Deal project in 1935.[https://dana.njit.edu/items/show/131 U.S. Post Office and Court House], New Jersey Institute of Technology Digital Archive of Newark Architecture[https://livingnewdeal.org/sites/frank-r-lautenberg-main-post-office-newark-nj/ Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse – Newark NJ][https://www.historynjdc.org/courthouses/newark Newark] The building was named for U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg by an act of Congress in 2000.[https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-106publ347/summary Public Law 106 - 347 - An act to designate the post office and courthouse located at 2 Federal Square, Newark, New Jersey, as the "Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse"][https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-114/pdf/STATUTE-114-Pg1357.pdf PUBLIC LAW 106-347—OCT. 23, 2000 114 STAT. 1357]