List of United States federal courthouses in Maryland
Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in Maryland. Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers,[1] the dates during which it was used for each such jurisdiction, and, if applicable the person for whom it was named, and the date of renaming. Dates of use will not necessarily correspond with the dates of construction or demolition of a building, as pre-existing structures may be adapted or court use, and former court buildings may later be put to other uses. Also, the official name of the building may be changed at some point after its use as a federal court building has been initiated.
The district court met in the Maryland State House, in Annapolis, for the first decade of its existence.[2] In 1800, judge Samuel Chase tried a local postmaster for embezzlement and sentenced him to thirty-nine lashes. In order to carry out the sentence, the defendant was tied to one of the statehouse columns.[2]
Contents
Courthouses
| Courthouse | City | Image | Street address | Jurisdiction[1] | Dates of use | Named for |
| U.S. Courthouse (Masonic Hall) | Baltimore |  |
St. Paul Street and Courthouse Lane | D. Md. | 1822-1864[3] Razed in 1895[4] |
n/a |
| U.S. Courthouse | Baltimore | |
North St. and Fayette St. | D. Md. | 1865-c. 1890 Razed in 1930[5][6] |
n/a |
| U.S. Post Office & Courthouse | Baltimore | |
101-125 Calvert St. | D. Md. | 1890-1930 Razed in 1930.[7] |
n/a |
| U.S. Post Office & Courthouse | Baltimore |  |
111 N. Calvert Street | D. Md. | 1932-1976 Now in use by the Baltimore city courts and known as Courthouse East. |
n/a |
| Edward A. Garmatz U.S. Court House | Baltimore | |
101 West Lombard Street | D. Md. | 1976-present[3] | Edward Garmatz (1903-1986) |
| U.S. Post Office & Courthouse | Cumberland |  |
? | D. Md. | 1904-1933 Now in use by the city and known as the Public Safety Building. |
n/a |
| U.S. Post Office & Courthouse now the William Donald Schaefer Building |
Cumberland | |
3 Pershing Street | D. Md. | 1933-? Now in use by the Maryland state courts. |
Governor William Donald Schaefer |
| U.S. Courthouse | Greenbelt | |
6500 Cherrywood Lane | D. Md. | 1994-present[3] | n/a |
Key
| † | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) |
|---|---|
| †† | NRHP-listed and also designated as a National Historic Landmark |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 For the usage of court abbreviations, see List of United States district and territorial courts.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Peter Graham Fish, Federal Justice in the Mid-Atlantic South: United States Courts from Maryland to the Carolinas, 1789–1835 (2002), p. 84.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "U.S. District Court (Maryland) - Origin and Functions." Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD. 2009-11-16.
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- ↑ U.S. Treasury Department. "A History of Public Buildings." (Washington, D.C., 1901.) pp. 256-57.
- ↑ Maryland Historical Society (2004). "Old Post Office Building." Baltimore Architecture: Then and Now.
