List of courthouses explained
This is a list of notable courthouses. These are buildings that have primarily been used to host a court. In some countries, "courthouse" is not the term used, instead the term for the building is simply "court". Courthouses have often been designed to be architecturally grand or imposing.
International
Courthouses of courts having international scope include:
- Peace Palace, in The Hague, Netherlands, seat of International Court of Justice of the United Nations
- European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France
- Future permanent premises of the International Criminal Court, The Hague
- Building of the Caribbean Court of Justice, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Building(s) of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, San José, Costa Rica
Europe
Albania
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Malta
Netherlands
Romania
Sweden
United Kingdom
Scotland
England and Wales
See main article: List of courts in England and Wales.
Other Europe
- Palace of Justice, Vienna, Austria
- Palais de Justice, Brussels, Belgium
- Sofia Court House, Bulgaria
- Helsinki Court House, Finland
- Judiciary City, Luxembourg
- Oslo Courthouse, Norway
- Courthouse in Września, Poland
- Courthouse (Ljubljana), Slovenia
- Istanbul Justice Palace, Turkey
Americas
Canada
- Calgary Courts Centre, Alberta
- Law Courts (Edmonton), Alberta
- Law Courts (Vancouver), British Columbia
- Vancouver Art Gallery, British Columbia
- Charlotte County Court House, New Brunswick, the oldest Canadian courthouse in continuous operation
- Moncton Law Courts, New Brunswick
- Halifax Court House, Nova Scotia
- Kings County Museum, Nova Scotia
- A. Grenville and William Davis Courthouse, Ontario
- Adelaide Street Court House, Ontario, former Toronto courthouse
- Frontenac County Court House, Kingston, Ontario
- Old City Hall (Guelph), Ontario
- 10 Armoury Street, Toronto, Ontario - new Toronto Courthouse
- Old City Hall (Toronto), Ontario - former courthouse
- College Park (Toronto)
- - former courthouse
- Old Newmarket Town Hall and Courthouse, Ontario
- Osgoode Hall, Ontario
- Ottawa Courthouse, Ontario
- Peel County Courthouse, Ontario
- Renfrew County Courthouse, Ontario
- Second Supreme Court of Canada building, Ottawa, Ontario
- Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Toronto Courthouse, Ontario
- Édifice Ernest-Cormier, Quebec, a former courthouse
- Édifice Lucien-Saulnier, Quebec
- Palais de justice (Montreal), Quebec
- Battleford Court House, Saskatchewan
- Moose Jaw Court House, Saskatchewan
United States
See main article: List of courthouses in the United States.
- Aliʻiōlani Hale, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Alton Lennon Federal Building and Courthouse, Wilmington, North Carolina
- Austin United States Courthouse, Austin, Texas
- Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Byron White United States Courthouse, Denver, Colorado
- Caldwell County Courthouse, Lockhart, Texas
- Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse, Cleveland, Ohio
- Charles R. Jonas Federal Building, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Dan M. Russell Jr. United States Courthouse, Gulfport, Mississippi
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, Manhattan, New York City
- E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse, Washington, D.C.
- Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and United States Courthouse, Los Angeles, California
- Federal Building and Post Office (Brooklyn), Brooklyn, New York City
- Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse, Newark, New Jersey
- Gene Snyder United States Courthouse, Louisville, Kentucky
- Harold D. Donohue Federal Building and United States Courthouse, Worcester, Massachusetts
- Howard M. Metzenbaum United States Courthouse, Cleveland, Ohio
- Hugo L. Black United States Courthouse, Birmingham, Alabama
- Iowa Judicial Branch Building, Des Moines, Iowa
- James R. Browning United States Court of Appeals Building, San Francisco, California
- Joel W. Solomon Federal Building and United States Courthouse, Chattanooga, Tennessee
- John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse, Boston, Massachusetts
- John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building, New Orleans, Louisiana
- John W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse, Boston, Massachusetts
- Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse, Richmond, Virginia
- Martin Luther King Building & U.S. Courthouse, Newark, New Jersey
- Ohio Judicial Center, Columbus, Ohio
- Pete V. Domenici United States Courthouse, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Philadelphia City Hall & Courthouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Richard H. Chambers United States Court of Appeals, Pasadena, California
- Richard C. Lee United States Courthouse, New Haven, Connecticut
- Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit, Michigan
- Theodore Roosevelt United States Courthouse, Brooklyn, New York City
- Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse, St. Louis, Missouri
- Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, Manhattan, New York City
- United States Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C.
Mexico
South America
Asia
India
Malaysia
Other Asia
Africa and Middle East
Australia and Pacific
Australia
- in Australian Capital Territory
- in New South Wales
- in Queensland
- in South Australia
- in Victoria
- in Western Australia
- Children's Court of Western Australia, Perth
- District Court of Western Australia, Perth
- Family Court of Western Australia, Perth
- Magistrates Court of Western Australia, Perth
- Old Court House, Perth, Perth, constructed 1896–97, used until 1902
- Supreme Court of Western Australia, Perth
- Toodyay Court House, Toodyay
New Zealand
