The United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., became the Court’s permanent home after more than a century in borrowed quarters, first in New York and Philadelphia and then inside the Capitol. William Howard Taft led the drive for a separate headquarters to express the judiciary’s independence, securing funding in 1929. Designed by Cass Gilbert in a monumental neoclassical style, the building was constructed from 1932 to 1935 and completed under Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. With its marble exterior and courtroom, famous inscriptions, offices, library, and other facilities, it serves as both a working courthouse and a national symbol of the federal judiciary.