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| Million Dollar Courtroom (LC) |
Anyone attending the ASLH meeting in November is welcome to take a tour of the famous “Million
Dollar Courtroom” on the 7th floor of the Theodore Levin Federal Courthouse, 231 W. Lafayette Blvd., less than a five-minute walk from the conference hotel. The tour is free and open to ASLH members and guests. We will get an architectural tour of the space, originally (and lavishly) constructed in 1896 and then lovingly preserved and reinstalled in the current courthouse which was completed in 1935. The room was renovated again in 2015.
Our docent will be Barbara Radke of the Michigan Federal Court Historical Society, and she will give a detailed presentation on the decoration and furnishings in the room, which remains an active courtroom today. We will also learn about important trials held in the space both before and after the relocation. Meet me in the lobby of the hotel at the front doors (at the Washington Blvd. entrance) and we will walk to the courthouse at 2:45 pm rain or shine. You’re also welcome to meet us at the courthouse. You won’t need to register ahead of time but courthouse rules prohibit phones inside the courtrooms, so, unless you are a lawyer with a bar registration card in your possession, prepare to leave your phone in your hotel room or store it in a secure cubby on the first floor of the Levin building. Courthouse security will show us where that is located.
I look forward to showing off this beautiful space. This is not an official ASLH event, so please direct any questions to me at vswoeste@icloud.com.
