Supreme Court Building
Federal building in Washington, D.C.. Built 1935 by Cass Gilbert. Added to the National Register in , and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
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.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Reference number | 87001294 |
| Built | 1935 |
| Architect | Cass Gilbert, Robert Ingersoll Aitken, Hermon Atkins MacNeil |
| Type of place | courthouse |
| Style | Neoclassicism, Beaux-Arts |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites |
| Standing | Yes |
Visiting
| Website | supremecourt.gov/visiting/visiting.aspx ↗ |
| Coordinates | 38.89066, -77.00445 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument · 0 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Fort Dupont Park Picnic Areas 3 mi · Rock Creek Park Group Picnic Areas (Dc) 6 mi · Greenbelt Park Ranger Station 8 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 87001294. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.