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E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse at 333 Constitution Avenue, N.W. in Washington, D.C.. The court was established by Congress in 1863 as the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, replacing the abolished circuit and district courts of the District of Columbia that had been in place since 1801.
In 1932, a formal plan for a Municipal Center, bounded by Constitution Avenue and G Street between 3rd and 6th streets, was designed. By 1934, municipal, police, and juvenile courts had been built on the site; however, the current site of the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse was left vacant due to budgetary concerns.
333 Constitution Avenue NW D.D.C. D.C. Cir. 1952 present Named after Court of Appeals judge E. Barrett Prettyman. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces bldg [4] 450 E Street NW C.A.A.F. (nationwide) D.C. Cir. (former) 1910 present Utilized by the D.C. Cir. until it became the location of the C.A.A.F. in 1952.
Constitution Avenue is a major east–west street in the northwest and northeast quadrants of the city of Washington, D.C., in the United States. It was originally known as B Street , and its western section was greatly lengthened and widened between 1925 and 1933.
In 1880, the west gatehouse was relocated at Constitution Avenue and 17th Street NW, and the east gatehouse at Constitution and 15th. They are placed to flank the White House – Washington Monument axis, which runs roughly along the axis of 16th Street , just south of The Ellipse in President's Park .
South front of the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building 10th St. N.W. facade of the building, as seen from Constitution Avenue. The Office of the Attorney General was created by the 1st United States Congress by the Judiciary Act of 1789. [3] In 1792, the Congress made the Attorney General a Cabinet-level post. [3]
It is located at the intersection of 20th Street and Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. The building, designed in the Stripped Classicism style, was designed by Paul Philippe Cret and completed in 1937. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the building on October 20, 1937. [2]
The memorial is located on the 300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue NW in the Judiciary Square neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It stands in front of the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse and across the street from the National Gallery of Art's East Building. The memorial is sited in the center of a public plaza and small park.