Supreme Court Building (Puerto Rico)

Supreme Court Building

Photograph of the Supreme Court Building, a bright white building of two stories with an open space below, overtopped by a shallow dome, but obscured by a foreground fence

The Supreme Court Building in 2006
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Location of the Supreme Court Building in Puerto Rico
Location Luis Muñoz Rivera Park
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Coordinates 18°27′47″N 66°05′18″W / 18.463189°N 66.088217°W / 18.463189; -66.088217Coordinates: 18°27′47″N 66°05′18″W / 18.463189°N 66.088217°W / 18.463189; -66.088217
Area less than one acre
Built 1955
Architect Osvaldo Toro; Miquel Ferrer
Architectural style Modern Movement
NRHP Reference # 06000506[1]
Added to NRHP June 14, 2006

The Supreme Court Building in San Juan, Puerto Rico is an architecturally significant Modern-style building and the seat of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. It was built in 1955 and listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

It is a concrete building designed by Puerto Rican firm Toro-Ferrer with design consultation by Charles H. Warner, Jr. and Harold Eliot Leeds. The building projects over a reflecting pool, helping it to blend with the park surroundings in Luis Munoz Rivera Park.[2]

The court building was opened in 1956 with U.S. Supreme Court chief justice Earl Warren as the main speaker.[2] The building has been described as "extroverted...light and airy".[2] Its circular courtroom was unusual.[2]

The Supreme Court in Puerto Rico is the highest court in the commonwealth, and is the successor to court first established by the Spanish in 1832.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Juan Llanos Santos and Karen Gonzalez Jenson (2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Supreme Court Building" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying six photos, exterior and interior, from 2006


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