Completed in 1805, the Charles Bulfinch-designed Essex County Superior Courthouse is located at 145 High Street in Newburyport. Bulfinch (August 8, 1763 – April 15, 1844) was an early American architect, and has been regarded by many as the first native-born American to practice architecture as a profession.
Bulfinch's work includes the Massachusetts State House as well as the rotunda and original dome of the U.S. Capitol. His works are notable as the origin of a distinctive Federal style of classical domes, columns, and ornament that dominated early 19th-century American architecture.
