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Supreme Court Building Highlights Brochure (pdf) The main entrance to the Supreme Court Building is on the west side, facing the United States Capitol. A few low steps lead up to the 252-foot-wide oval plaza in front of the building.
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The Supreme Court Building is located at 1 First Street, NE, on the site of the former Old Capitol Prison, across the street from the United States Capitol. The building was designed by architect Cass Gilbert, and was Gilbert's last major project; he died before it was completed.
Mar 25, 2015 · Learn about the representations featured on the frieze adorning the east side of the US Supreme Court courtroom. The courtroom in the US Supreme Court's building is decorated with...
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Nov 5, 2003 · The friezes which adorn the north and south walls of the courtroom in the Supreme Court building (also designed by Adolph Weinman) depict a procession of 18 great> lawgivers: Menes,...
Mar 3, 2011 · Like the portraits in the House Chamber, the friezes in the Supreme Court building depict historical lawgivers, including religious figures, despite the Constitution’s strict separation of ...
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Dec 27, 2018 · The U.S. Supreme Court building was built in marble between 1932 and 1935. The exterior walls are of Vermont marble, and the inner courtyards are crystalline flaked, white Georgia marble. Interior walls and floors are cream-colored Alabama marble, but the office woodwork is done in American quartered white oak.
The architect of the Supreme Court building, Cass Gilbert (1867–1934), selected Adolph A.Weinman (1870–1952), a noted Beaux-Arts architectural sculptor of the period who had studied under Augustus Saint-Gaudens, to design the friezes that adorn the walls of the Courtroom.
