Monroe County is named for James Monroe, who was the fifth President of the United States from 1817 to 1825.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Lackawanna County, Wayne County and Pike County
E – Pike County and Warren County, New Jersey
W – Carbon County and Luzerne County
Created: April 1,1836 
County Seat:
Stroudsburg 1836 – present
County Courthouse – Stroudsburg
Location: North 7th Street / Monroe Street
Built: 1889 – 1890
Style: Romanesque
Architect: Truman I Lacey
Contractor: R S Shiffer and Sons
Description: The building faces south and is a two story buff colored sandstone structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Stroudsburg. The exterior is made of coursed ashlar sandstone from a quarry near Scranton. The south front has a square stone tower with arched entrance on the first story and rising to arched windows on the third story with steep roof above. The second story windows are arched. The roof is sloped. The interior has tall doors with transoms, seven foot wide stairwells with wrought iron railings and black and white mosaic marble floors. On the second story is the courtroom which is the full width of the building and two stories in height, containing a balcony. An addition was added on the north side in 1933 to 1934. The architect was H T Rinker and M R Kiefer and the contractor was Works Projects Administration. The supervisor was A L Rake. On the east side is a modern four story County Courthouse Annex.
See: National Register of Historic Places – Monroe County Courthouse
New County Courthouse – Stroudsburg
Location: North 7th Street / Monroe Street
Built: 2021 – 2023
Style: Modern
Architect: CGL Architects of New York
Contractor: William H Lane Inc. of Binghamton, New York
Description: The building is presently in the planning stage. The cost woulbe $70,000,000 / $80,000,000. The site is the east side of the old courthouse.
History: The county was created in 1836 and Stroudsburg was selected as the county seat. The first courthouse was built in 1836. The second and present courthouse was constructed in 1889 to 1890.
County Courthouse - Stroudsburg
County Courthouse Annex – Stroudsburg
Photos taken 2011