Howard T. Markey National Courts Building

It is located at 717 Madison Place NW, east of Lafayette Square and north of the White House, and borders the Freedman's Bank Building to the south, Benjamin Ogle Tayloe House at 721 Madison Place NW, the former Cosmos Club building at 725 Madison Place NW, and the Cutts-Madison House at 1520 H Street NW.

Kennedy tapped architect John Carl Warnecke to come up with a plan to preserve the houses.

[2] Warnecke and Jacqueline Kennedy envisioned that the courthouse and the New Executive Office Building, a twin structure to be built on the other side of Lafayette Square, would form a backdrop for the historic houses.

[3] The Building Committee included Chief Judge John Marvin Jones, Commissioner Marion T. Bennett, and Chief Commissioner Arnold Wilson Cowen.

In 1998, President Bill Clinton signed legislation renaming the National Courts Building after Howard Thomas Markey.

The Howard T. Markey National Courts Building, formerly known as the National Courts Building, located at 717 Madison Place , NW in Lafayette Square , houses the United States Court of Federal Claims and United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit .