Supreme Court Building

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courthouse government building landmark

The Supreme Court Building is the neoclassical Washington, D.C. courthouse that serves as the permanent home of the highest judicial body in the United States.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
United States Supreme Court Building	5
Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C.	1
Supreme Court building	1
Supreme Court of the United States Building, Washington, D.C.	1
Supreme Court of the United States building	1
Supreme Court pediment sculptures (Authority of Law and Contemplation of Justice)	1
façade of the U.S. Supreme Court Building	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	courthouse ⓘ government building ⓘ landmark ⓘ
architect	Cass Gilbert ⓘ Cass Gilbert & Partners ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
city	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
completionDate	1935 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1932 ⓘ
coordinates	38.8906°N 77.0047°W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
function	seat of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
governingBody	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
hasBasement	true ⓘ
hasCourtroomSeatingCapacityApprox	400 ⓘ
hasDome	false ⓘ
hasFacadeFeature	Corinthian columns ⓘ grand staircase ⓘ
hasInscription	EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW ⓘ
hasPublicTours	true ⓘ
hasRoom	Great Hall ⓘ conference room ⓘ courtroom ⓘ justices' chambers ⓘ law library ⓘ
hasSculpture	Authority of Law ⓘ Contemplation of Justice ⓘ
houses	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1935 ⓘ
jurisdictionContext	federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
locatedIn	Capitol Hill ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
maintainedBy	Architect of the Capitol ⓘ
materialUsed	Alabama marble ⓘ Georgia marble ⓘ Vermont marble ⓘ marble ⓘ
nearbyBuilding	Library of Congress ⓘ United States Capitol ⓘ Capitol Visitor Center ⓘ surface form: United States Capitol Visitor Center
numberOfStories	4 ⓘ
officialName	Supreme Court Building self-link ⓘ
openedForUseBySupremeCourt	October 1935 ⓘ
owner	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
previousLocationOfCourt	United States Capitol ⓘ
purpose	provide a permanent home for the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
streetAddress	1 First Street NE ⓘ
symbolizes	judicial branch of the United States government ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Court of the United States → building → Supreme Court Building ⓘ

One First Street NE, Washington, D.C. → buildingAtAddress → Supreme Court Building ⓘ

Cass Gilbert → designed → Supreme Court Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Supreme Court Building

Murder in the Supreme Court → featuresLocation → Supreme Court Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court building

Capitol Hill → hasLandmark → Supreme Court Building ⓘ

Washington, D.C. (administrative base via the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts) → hasLandmark → Supreme Court Building ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington, D.C.

this entity surface form: United States Supreme Court Building

United States Capitol Complex → hasPart → Supreme Court Building ⓘ

Equal Justice Under Law (associated with the Supreme Court building inscription) → inscribedOn → Supreme Court Building ⓘ

subject surface form: Equal Justice Under Law

this entity surface form: United States Supreme Court Building

Equal Justice Under Law (associated with the Supreme Court building inscription) → inscribedOn → Supreme Court Building ⓘ

subject surface form: Equal Justice Under Law

this entity surface form: façade of the U.S. Supreme Court Building

Third Petty Bench → locatedIn → Supreme Court Building ⓘ

opinion in Texas v. Johnson → locationOfOralArgument → Supreme Court Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of the United States Building, Washington, D.C.

East Front → near → Supreme Court Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of the United States building

Cass Gilbert → notableWork → Supreme Court Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Supreme Court Building

James Earle Fraser → notableWork → Supreme Court Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court pediment sculptures (Authority of Law and Contemplation of Justice)

Associate Justices of the Supreme Court → officeLocation → Supreme Court Building ⓘ

subject surface form: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

this entity surface form: Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C.

Chief Justice of the United States → officeLocation → Supreme Court Building ⓘ

Supreme Court Building → officialName → Supreme Court Building self-link ⓘ

Architect of the Capitol → responsibleFor → Supreme Court Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Supreme Court Building

Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States → workLocation → Supreme Court Building ⓘ