The US Supreme Court Building was the last project of Cass Gilbert's career, and was a team effort by members of his firm. Gilbert died in 1934, one year before the Supreme Court Building was completed.
Facts About the US Supreme Court Building:
- Built: 1928 - 1935
- Size: 385 feet from front to back, 304 feet wide.
- Stories: 4 stories at highest point
- Exterior Walls: Vermont marble
- Inner Courtyards: crystalline flaked, white Georgia marble
- Interior Walls and Floors: Cream-colored Alabama marble
- Office Woodwork: American quartered white oak
Sculptors:
- John Donnelly, Jr: Cast bronze entrance doors
- Robert Aitken: Carvings in western pediment
- Herman A. MacNeil: Carvings in eastern pediment
- James Earle Fraser: Scuptures at entrance
