Bridgeport and Norwalk jockeyed to be the home of the Fairfield County seat until Bridgeport ponied up money to construct the courthouse in the 1850s. In the 1880s it was decided to build a new courthouse. Again Norwalk lobbied for the county seat and this time offered $100,000. But Bridgeport came back with a $150,000 bid. Warren R. Biggs brought the concepts of brawny, rough-cut rounded arches of leading American architect Henry Hobson Richardson to Golden Hill in 1888 for the new Fairfield County Courthouse. Today it is Geographical Area Courthouse No. 2, where all but the most serious criminal cases are heard.
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