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A section outside a town justice court in the Hudson Valley.
The court is that of Stony Point, a town of about fifteen thousand on the Hudson. Like the Chicago railway station and the Spartanburg factory lawn, it is a piece of the Wall standing in front of an ordinary civic building that has no particular connection to it — which is most of what happened to the 45,000 elements, once the museums and capitals had taken theirs.
The Town Board's minutes of 22 April 2014 confirm the piece on the grounds in front of the Justice Court, and record its approval of an Eagle Scout project there: a walkway, inscribed bricks, benches and a poster on the history of the Wall.
The Rockland County Times reported in April 2015 that the Eagle Scout Matthew Hill had designed the brick walkway round the fragment by the town's courthouse, paying for it by selling inscribed bricks. Photographs on the Historical Marker Database, taken on 6 June 2026, show the segment still directly outside the Justice Court, with a bench, the donors' bricks and its marker, 'The Berlin Wall: A Path to Freedom', put up in 2015 by Boy Scouts of America Troop 2019.
How did it get here?
Provenance has not been established. Movement history, ownership, and installation dates will be added only when supported by sources.
Sources
Listed by the Berlin Wall Archive as #405.
List of Berlin Wall segments — Wikipedia ↗
A section of the wall outside the Stony Point Justice Court.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
stony point town board meeting - april 22, 2014 ↗
At the Town Board meeting of 22 April 2014 an Eagle Scout proposed improvements around the piece of the Berlin Wall on the grounds in front of the Justice Court building: a walkway, inscribed bricks, benches, shrubs and a poster on the Wall's history; the Board agreed.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Justice Court — Town of Stony Point ↗
The town's address for the Justice Court: 6 Patriot Hills Drive. The page does not mention the Wall.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
The Berlin Wall: A Path to Freedom — The Historical Marker Database ↗
Photographs by Tristan Barber, 6 June 2026: the segment and its marker, erected in 2015 by Boy Scouts of America Troop 2019, directly outside the Stony Point Justice Court, with a bench and inscribed donor bricks in front of it.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Eagle Scouts' community service honored by Stony Point board — Rockland County Times ↗
30 April 2015: Matthew Hill designed a brick walkway to highlight the Berlin Wall fragment by the town's courthouse, raising money by selling inscribed commemorative bricks.
Press reportSource accessed 2026-09-17
Berlin Wall Archive ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 405
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
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