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The US Supreme Court first met on February 2, 1790, at the Royal Exchange Building*, at Broad and Water Streets in New York City, the temporary US Capital. The former occupant of the building was the New York Chamber of Commerce.
*Some sources called it the Merchants Exchange Building or simple Exchange Building.
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∙ 12y agoChief Justice William Howard Taft (U.S. President 1909-1913) convinced Congress to allocate funds for the U.S. Supreme Court's permanent home in 1929. Construction began in March 1931 and concluded in April 1935. The new building opened in October 1935, the Court's 146th year of existence.
Construction, sculpture and furnishings cost less than the $9,740,000 Congress had allotted, so $94,000 was returned to the Treasury when the new building opened in 1935.
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