Stanley Mosk Courthouse

The Stanley Mosk Courthouse is a courthouse in Los Angeles, California home to the Los Angeles County Superior Court. It is located at 110 N. Grand Avenue and 111 N. Hill Street between Temple and First streets, lining Grand Park in the Civic Center in Downtown Los Angeles. The building was constructed in 1958 and has a floor area of 220,860 square feet (20,519 m²) in its west wing and 515,340 square feet (47,877 m²) in the east wing. It has 100 courtrooms, 840 daily workers and 7000 daily visitors.[2][3][4] The courthouse is often seen in the TV series Perry Mason, when the title character parks his car on Hill Street to go inside the building.[5]

Stanley Mosk Courthouse
Grand Avenue entrance of the building
Former names	Los Angeles County Courthouse
General information
Type	Courthouse
Architectural style	Late Moderne
Address	111 N. Hill Street
Town or city	Los Angeles
Country	United States
Coordinates	34°03′19″N 118°14′49″W
Current tenants	Los Angeles County Superior Court
Named for	Stanley Mosk
Completed	1958
Opened	January 5, 1959 (1959-01-05)
Landlord	Los Angeles County
Height	80 feet (24 m)
Technical details
Floor count	6
Floor area	220,860 square feet (20,519 m2) (west wing) 515,340 square feet (47,877 m2) (east wing)
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Stanton, Stockwell, Williams and Wilson
Other information
Number of rooms	100 courtrooms
Public transit access	Civic Center/Grand Park
References
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The architects were Stanton, Stockwell, Williams and Wilson, in Late Moderne style, which incorporates elements of both the Streamline Moderne and International style. The team of architects designed the courthouse simultaneously with the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration (1960), both buildings conceived as part of the monumental 1947 Civic Center Master Plan. That plan also called for the extension of the Los Angeles Civic Center westward to incorporate the north end of the Bunker Hill area, which had been demolished, and created the east–west axis of civic buildings along what is today Grand Park. The courthouse was opened by Chief Justice Earl Warren in October 31, 1958. The courthouse was later named in honor of Stanley Mosk, the longest serving justice on the California Supreme Court and earlier served as Attorney General of California, in 2002.[2]