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]

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
U.S. Courthouse and Post Office† Cumberland Frederick Street 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
Maude R. Toulson Federal Building† Salisbury 129 East Main Street D. Md. ?–present Maude R. Toulson

Key

† Listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)
†† NRHP-listed and also designated as a National Historic Landmark

See also

References

  1. ^ a b For the usage of court abbreviations, see List of United States district and territorial courts.
  2. ^ a b Peter Graham Fish, Federal Justice in the Mid-Atlantic South: United States Courts from Maryland to the Carolinas, 1789–1835 (2002), p. 84.
  3. ^ a b c "U.S. District Court (Maryland) - Origin and Functions." Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD. 2009-11-16.
  4. ^ Hayward, Mary Ellen; Shivers, Frank R. (2004). The Architecture of Baltimore: An Illustrated History. Baltimore: JHU Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8018-7806-0.
  5. ^ Scharf, John Thomas (1881). History of Baltimore City and County. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts. p. 729. courthouse.
  6. ^ U.S. Treasury Department. "A History of Public Buildings." (Washington, D.C., 1901.) pp. 256-57.
  7. ^ Maryland Historical Society (2004). "Old Post Office Building." Archived 2010-08-05 at the Wayback Machine Baltimore Architecture: Then and Now.

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