Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse
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U.S. Courthouse
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| Location | 40 Centre Street Manhattan, New York City |
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| Coordinates | 40°42′49″N 74°0′10″W / 40.71361°N 74.00278°WCoordinates: 40°42′49″N 74°0′10″W / 40.71361°N 74.00278°W |
| Built | 1932-36 |
| Architect | Cass Gilbert, Cass Gilbert Jr. |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 87001596 |
| Added to NRHP | September 02, 1987 |
The Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse is a Classical Revival courthouse located at 40 Centre Street on Foley Square in the Civic Center neighborhood of lower Manhattan in New York City. The building, designed by Cass Gilbert and his son, Cass Gilbert, Jr., is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as U.S. Courthouse.
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 courthouse, which is across the street from the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York City.
The building has two major parts, the base and the tower. Including both, the building is 179.83 m tall and 37 stories.
The six-story courthouse base is marked by a pilastered facade and a colonnade. Built around three interior courtyards, it is rusticated and irregularly shaped, following the outline of the site. Massive granite steps flanked by large pedestals lead up to the main entrance on Foley Square. Gilbert intended the pedestals to bear two monumental sculptural groups, but they were never executed. Ten four-story Corinthian columns form the imposing portico that shelters the entrance, and the frieze is carved with a detailed floral design. The ends of the entablature above are embellished with roundels, designed to resemble ancient coins, on which are carved the heads of four ancient lawgivers: Plato, Aristotle, Demosthenes, and Moses. The Corinthian capitals crowning the columns of the portico return to top pilasters along the building's other primary facades. Minnesota granite, off-white in color and mottled with peach and gray, was used to finish the exterior elevations of the courthouse.
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