Supreme Court Building | |
 West Facade of the U.S. Supreme Court Building | |
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| Location | 1 First Street, Northeast Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 38°53′26″N 77°0′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W |
| Built | 1932–1935 |
| Architect | Cass Gilbert, Cass Gilbert Jr. |
| Designated NHL | May 4, 1987[1] |
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The Supreme Court Building houses the Supreme Court of the United States, the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. The building serves as the official workplace of the chief justice of the United States and the eight associate justices of the Supreme Court. It is located at 1 First Street in Northeast Washington, D.C. It is one block immediately east of the United States Capitol and north of the Library of Congress. The building is managed by the Architect of the Capitol. On May 4, 1987, the Supreme Court Building was designated a National Historic Landmark.[1][2][3]
Designed in the neoclassical style, the proposal for a separate building for the Supreme Court was suggested in 1912 by President William Howard Taft, who became Chief Justice in 1921. In 1929, Taft successfully argued for the creation of the new building but did not live to see it built.[3] Physical construction began in 1932 and was officially completed in 1935 under the guidance of Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, Taft's successor.[3] The building was designed by architect Cass Gilbert, a friend of Taft.[4]
- ^ a b "Supreme Court Building". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved June 18, 2009.
- ^ "Photos, exterior and interior, of the U.S. Supreme Court Building". National Park Service. Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2023. Photos but not National Historic Landmark nomination text, if any exists, are available on-line.
- ^ a b c Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution; Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University Libraries) (1992). The Supreme Court of the United States: Its Beginnings & Its Justices, 1790–1991. Washington, D.C.: Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution. pp. 248–249. OCLC 25546099. Archived from the original on November 16, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
- ^ Roussin, Lucille A. (Winter 2017). "Symposium: The Cultural Identity and Legal Protection of Art: The Temple of American Justice: The United States Supreme Court Building". Chapman Law Review. Vol. 20. p. 51. Archived from the original on March 12, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2019.