Denver
Location: 2 East 14th Avenue / Broadway.
Built: 2010 – 2013
Style: Modern
Architect: Fentress Architects
Contractor: M A Mortenson Company
Description: The buildings face north and are concrete and glass structures with a four story courts building on the north and a twelve story administrative building on the south. The buildings occupy the entire block in the center of Denver. The north building has columns along the front and glass walls. A circular atrium rises to a large skylight. The Supreme Court Chamber is located on the fourth story with Court of Appeals Chambers on the first, second and third stories. The Supreme Court Chamber has a large dome skylight. The buildings is named as the Ralph L Carr Justice Center.
Former Supreme Court Building
Location: 2 East 14th Avenue / Broadway.
Built: 1975 – 1977
Style: Modern
Architect: Rogers and RNL Architects
Contractor: Unknown
Description: The building faced north and was a five story concrete and glass structure. The former building was demolished in 2010. The former building was modern architecture with glass sides. In the center of the building, the ground floor was open space with a glass ceiling covering the Law Library in the basement. The entrance doors were on the east and west sides. The Supreme Court was located on the fourth floor. The Judges Bench was along the east side of the modern Chamber.The building was the Colorado State Judicial Building. The building was razed to accommodate the present building.
History: The Supreme Court once occupied a two story room with no gallery on the second floor in the north wing of the Colorado State Capitol which now houses a Hearing Room. The Courtroom was restored in 2019 and appears much as it did in 1908. The floor is entirely carpeted from wall to wall. The one stained glass window is of Chief Justice Robert W. Steele. A deep maroon drape once covered the north wall behind the judicial bench. In 1977, the Court moved into the Supreme Court Building to the southwest of the State Capitol. The building was demolished in 2010 and replaced by the present Supreme Court Building constructed in 2010 to 2013.
See: The Supreme Court is located in Denver County.
Supreme Court Building
Supreme Court Chamber – 4th story
Court of Appeals Chamber – 3rd story
Court of Appeals Chamber – 2nd story
Administration Building
Former Supreme Court Building in 2000
Colorado State Capitol – Denver
Old Supreme Court Chamber – State Capitol
Photos taken 2000, 2011 and 2016
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