What is the name of the federal courthouse in Washington DC?

Question

I am looking for the name of the federal courthouse in Washington DC. I do not need information about the Supreme Court Building, but rather the United States District Court for the DC area. What is the name of the federal courthouse for the US District Court in Washington DC?

Answer 1

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

A s one America's 93 federal judicial districts, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia holds federal and local jurisdiction over cases involving national laws.  This District Court began after Congress expropriated land and established municipal laws for Washington D.C. in 1791.  Originally called a circuit court (like the other newly created federal tribunals) the District Court shared quarters in the Capitol Building, with the U.S. Supreme Court, from its inception until 1822.  Histories written by the court for the 1976 bicentennial indicate that it moved to several different locations before settling in Hadfield's as yet unfinished City Hall at Judiciary Square, in 1873.  By the late-1940s the City Hall Building had long since become obsolete and was considered inefficient, insecure, and severly overcrowded.  Court functions and offices had spread to several different buildings in its vicinity.  Moreover, Judges maintained offices in three different buildings, the old courthouse building, the Court Criminal Division, and a private structure nearby. Fifteen court agencies, the U.S. Attorney's offices, and the U.S. Marshal were scattered among nine other buildings near the courthouse.

Jurors often meandered through halls and sat on stairs for hours waiting for deliberation rooms.  Worse, while deciding their verdict within the deliberation rooms, jurors could still be heard by hallway passersby's.  By 1948, when the court's name changed to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, numerous judges and government officials began lobbying for new facilities.  Nevertheless, the courts remained in the deficient City Hall Building until the 1952 completion of its current home.

Answer 2

The E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse serves as the home of the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia (333 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001). The photograph on the Court's main Web site hightlights its recent addition.