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,For the usage of court abbreviations, see List of United States district and territorial courts. 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.Peter Graham Fish, Federal Justice in the Mid-Atlantic South: United States Courts from Maryland to the Carolinas, 1789–1835 (2002), p. 84. 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.
Courthouses CourthouseCityImageStreet addressJurisdictionDates of useNamed forU.S. Courthouse (Masonic Hall)BaltimoreSt. Paul Street and Courthouse Lane D. Md.1822–1864"U.S. District Court (Maryland) - Origin and Functions." Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD. 2009-11-16.Razed in 1895n/aU.S. CourthouseBaltimoreNorth St. and Fayette St.D. Md.1865–c. 1890Razed in 1930U.S. Treasury Department. "A History of Public Buildings." (Washington, D.C., 1901.) pp. 256-57.n/aU.S. Post Office & CourthouseBaltimore101–125 Calvert St.D. Md.1890–1930Razed in 1930.Maryland Historical Society (2004). "Old Post Office Building." Baltimore Architecture: Then and Now.n/aU.S. Post Office & CourthouseBaltimore111 N. Calvert StreetD. Md.1932–1976Now in use by the Baltimore city courts and known as Courthouse East.n/aEdward A. Garmatz U.S. Court HouseBaltimore101 West Lombard StreetD. Md.1976–presentEdward GarmatzU.S. Courthouse and Post Office†CumberlandFrederick StreetD. Md.1904–1933Now in use by the city and known as the Public Safety Building.n/aU.S. Post Office & Courthousenow the William Donald Schaefer BuildingCumberland3 Pershing StreetD. Md.1933–?Now in use by the Maryland state courts. Governor William Donald SchaeferU.S. CourthouseGreenbelt6500 Cherrywood LaneD. Md.1994–presentn/aMaude R. Toulson Federal Building†Salisbury129 East Main StreetD. Md.?–presentMaude R. Toulson
Key †Listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)††NRHP-listed and also designated as a National Historic Landmark
See also Merchants' Exchange Building (Baltimore, Maryland) United States Custom House (Baltimore) List of United States federal courthouses
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U.S. Marshals Service District of Maryland Courthouse Locations