United States Post Office and Courthouse (Baltimore, Maryland)
The United States Post Office and Courthouse is a historic combined post office and Federal courthouse located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Description The building occupies an entire city block and measures east-west by north-south. It is of steel frame construction with concrete floors and tile roof, basement of granite, and outer walls of white Indiana limestone. The structure is six stories in height and provided with basement and two sub-basements. It was completed in 1932 under the supervision the Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore, and features classical ornamentation. Cases Some notable court cases held in this building include: 1934: Judge W. Calvin Chesnut became the first jurist to strike down a New Deal Act of Congress. 1948: Alger Hiss filed a libel suit against Whittaker Chambers 1968 and 1969: the Berrigans were indicted in this courthouse for destroying Federal records as a protest against the Vietnam War. 1973: Vice President Spiro T. Agnew pleaded nolo contedre to tax evasion and resigned as Vice President. 2009: Mayor Sheila Dixon was tried for 12 counts including perjury, theft and misconduct. She was convicted of fraudulent misappropriation and eventually resigned as mayor as part of a plea bargain