Baltimore is named for Charles Calvert, who was the 5th Baron Baltimore.
Courthouses:
N – Baltimore County
E – Baltimore County
W – Baltimore County
Created: April 1797
Courthouse – Baltimore
Location: 111 North Calvert Street / East Fayette Street
Built: 1895 – 1899
Style: Greek Revival
Architect: J M Noel Wyatt and William G Nolting of Baltimore
Contractor: John Gill & Sons and D. W. Thomas, both of Ohio
Description: The building faces east and is a six story granite and concrete structure. The building sits on the west side of Battle Monument Square and occupies a full city block. The west front has a recessed center section with three recessed entrances on the first story and balcony on the second story with arched windows. Above are eight Ionic columns, each weighing 35 tons and being 31 feet in height, which support the base of the roof facing Calvert Street. Along the flat roof line is a balustrade. Granite wraps the basement level and provides a solid base for the white colored marble-six story courthouse facade. The building is named as the Clarence M Mitchell. Jr. Courthouse.
Note: The cost of construction was $2,250,000. The granite was quarried from Woodstock, Maryland.
East Courthouse – Baltimore
Location: 100 North Calvert Street / East Fayette Street
Built: 1930 – 1932
Style: Neo-Classical Revival
Architect: James A Wetmore
Contractor: Unknown
Description: The building faces west and is a six story granite and concrete structure. The building sits on the east side of Battle Monument Square and occupies a full city block. The building was formerly the United States Post Office.
City District Court Courthouse – Baltimore
Location: 501 East Fayette Street / North Gay Street
Built: 1951 – 1953
Style: Art Deco
Architect: James R Edwards, Jr.
Contractor: DeLuca-Davis Construction Company
Description: The building faces north and is a three story concrete structure. The north front has a central entrance on the first story and vertical windows on the second and third stories. The east and west sections project from the main building. And are lower, being two stories. The east and west sides have stone framed entrances. The roof line is flat. The building houses the District Court ( Civil ) of the 1st District and is named as the Peoples Court Building.
Courthouse – Baltimore
City District Court Courthouse – Baltimore
Photos taken 2013