The Thurgood Marshall Courthouse is a Classical Revival courthouse at Foley Square in the Civic Center neighborhood.
The Thurgood Marshall Courthouse is a Classical Revival courthouse at Foley Square in the Civic Center neighborhood of lower Manhattan in New York City. The building is located at 40 Centre Street. The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York hear cases in the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse. It is across the street from the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York City. Architect Cass Gilbert was commissioned to design a new federal courthouse at Foley Square in 1931. Design work began in 1933. Construction began in July 1932 and lasted three and a half years. It was among the first federal skyscrapers constructed. After Gilbert's death, construction was supervised by his son Cass Gilbert Jr. until its completion in 1936. The courthouse was originally known as the Foley Square Courthouse. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as Courthouse) on September 2, 1987.[1] In 1992, three large historic courtrooms were restored. The courthouse was substantially renovated in 1999. It was renamed after Thurgood Marshall on August 20, 2001, and rededicated April 15, 2003. Marshall worked at the courthouse from 1961 to 1965 as a judge of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals before later being elevated to the Supreme Court of the United States.
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