Built 1930 Opened 1930 Architectural style Neoclassical architecture Architect James A. Wet | NRHP Reference # 77001530 Area 5,300 m² Added to NRHP 25 March 1977 | |
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The United States Post Office and Courthouse is a historic combined post office and Federal courthouse located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It occupies an entire city block and measures 238 feet, 2 inches east-west by 279 feet, 10 inches north-south. It is of steel frame construction with concrete floors and tile roof, basement of granite, and outer walls of white Indiana limestone. The structure is six stories in height and provided with basement and two sub-basements. It was completed in 1932 under the supervision of architect James A. Wetmore, and features classical ornamentation. Some notable court cases held in this building include:
The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It has since been conveyed to the City of Baltimore, and is in use by the Baltimore city courts and known as Courthouse East.