Supreme Court Building (Puerto Rico)

	Supreme Court Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The Supreme Court Building in 2017
	Location of the Supreme Court Building in Puerto Rico
Location	Luis Muñoz Rivera Park; San Juan, Puerto Rico
Coordinates	18°27′47″N 66°05′18″W / 18.463189°N 66.088217°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1955
Architect	Osvaldo Toro; Miquel Ferrer
Architectural style	Modern Movement
NRHP reference No.	06000506
Added to NRHP	June 14, 2006

The Supreme Court Building in San Juan, Puerto Rico is an architecturally significant Modern-style building and the seat of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. It was built in 1955 and listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2006.^[1]

It is a concrete building designed by Puerto Rican firm Toro-Ferrer with design consultation by Charles H. Warner, Jr. and Harold Eliot Leeds. The building projects over a reflecting pool, helping it to blend with the park surroundings in Luis Munoz Rivera Park.^[2]

The court building was opened in 1956 with U.S. Supreme Court chief justice Earl Warren as the main speaker.^[2] The building has been described as "extroverted...light and airy".^[2] Its circular courtroom was unusual.^[2]

The Supreme Court in Puerto Rico is the highest court in the commonwealth, and is the successor to court first established by the Spanish in 1832.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Juan Llanos Santos and Karen Gonzalez Jenson (2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Supreme Court Building". National Park Service. and Accompanying six photos, exterior and interior, from 2006

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpinv3-2] Juan Llanos Santos and Karen Gonzalez Jenson (2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Supreme Court Building". National Park Service. and Accompanying six photos, exterior and interior, from 2006

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