U.S. Courthouse
The Jacob Weinberger U.S. Courthouse in San Diego, also referred to as the U.S. Custom and Court House, masterfully melds two distinct architectural styles – Classical Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival – in a public building that speaks of the city’s Hispanic heritage and its American ambitions. The 4-story, 57,000 sq.ft. building, designed by James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury Department, was completed in 1913. The lack of critical attention given the building is due to a taste developed in San Diego for purer Spanish Colonial styles, first through Irving Gill’s now famous 1906-1913 buildings in a more severe Mission Revival style; then Bertram G. Goodheu’s more ornate Spanish Colonial Churrigueresque style used for buildings for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park. The Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
San Diego, San Diego County
Photographer: John Bare