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From the same Mount Airy granite, sculptor Charles B. Its granite façade, crafted from granite quarried in Mount Airy, North Carolina, echoes the character of the Capitol. North Carolina State University, North Carolina Architects & Builders: A Biographical Dictionary Employees began moving into the building in the spring of that year, and Governor Hoey officially dedicated the building on September 4, 1940.ĭesigned by noted architectural firm Northrup & O'Brien, the Law and Justice Building is recognized as evidence of the firm's mastery of the austere, modernized classicism of the era. For good measure, the box also contained four pennies and a rabbit's foot.Ĭompleted in 1940 at a total cost of $725,000, the five-story building comprises more than 68,000 feet, and includes a full basement. Those documents include copies of the North Carolina Constitution, the laws of the special session of 1938, the state budget, The News & Observer, The Raleigh Times, and the attorney general's report for the 1936-38 biennium. They placed inside the cornerstone a copper box containing contemporary documents with historical significance. Stacy, and other officials marked the laying of the building's cornerstone on Thursday, June 8, 1939. The Justice Building, situated between Fayetteville and Wilmington Streets just across from the Capitol, was the largest project using these funds. The Public Works Administration of the federal government provided an additional grant to fund the projects. The North Carolina General Assembly appropriated funds for the construction and renovation of buildings near the State Capitol during a special session in 1938. Since September 4, 1940, the Supreme Court has presided in the Justice Building, located at 2 East Morgan Street.

From 1888 until 1940, the justices successively occupied buildings on the north and south edges of Raleigh's Union Square. After the Capitol was destroyed by fire in 1831, the court retreated for a short time to the meeting house of the First Presbyterian Church. The Supreme Court of North Carolina sat in the State Capitol at Raleigh from 1819-1888.