The Jefferson Market Branch, New York Public Library is located along the Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue) in Greenwich Village, New York City on a triangular plot formed by Greenwich Avenue and West 10th Street. The original Third Judicial District "Jefferson Market" Courthouse was built between the years 1874-1877 from a design by architects Frederick Clark Withers and Calvert Vaux. A red brick structure built in a collection of styles inspired by the high pitched roofline of German castles and Venetian Gothic details, featuring stained glass windows and a four sided clock tower. Sixth Avenue is a major avenue in New York Citys borough of Manhattan. ... The Washington Square Arch Greenwich Village (pronounced Grennich Village; also called simply the Village) is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City. ... An unobtrusive bridge in Central Park, designed by Calvert Vaux, separates pedestrians from the carriage drive. ...

A simple wood fire tower was the first building on the site, built circa 1833, located in the center of the merchants sheds at the Jefferson Market. A courthouse later occupied the space, with an adjoining jail along 10th street. The old sheds of the Jefferson Market were replaced in 1883 by a dedicated building for the market, and in 1927 the market and jail were replaced by the New York Women's House of Detention, demolished in 1974 and now home to a community garden called the Jefferson Market Greening. A USFS fire lookout on Bald Mountain in Butte County, California. ... The New York Womens House of Detention was a womens prison in New York City which existed from 1932 to 1974. ...

The Jefferson Market Courthouse was used until 1945 and remained vacant and was slated for demolition, but local residents saved the richly decorated brick structure by persuading the city to reuse the building as a public library.