They advised that the style, materials, and scale of the new courthouse and post office should respect the character of existing public buildings around the Green.

Former President William Howard Taft, then a professor at Yale Law School, spoke at the event, and the text of his speech was placed in the cornerstone, along with other mementos.

Although some interior spaces were modified, the restoration respected the original character, and many historic components remain intact.

The courthouse displays several hallmarks of the style, including the colossal portico (entrance porch with columns) and pediment (triangular gable end).

The upper walls of the interior light court were incised with the names of five other prominent New Haven citizens and three military heroes.

Other original features that remain include writing desks, radiator grilles, and pendant light fixtures, which were specially designed by Rogers.

On the second floor, the courtroom lobby is lined with twenty monolithic, Tennessee marble columns with bronze scrolled Ionic capitals.

[2] In a 1919 article featured in Architectural Forum, the courtroom was described as a "dignified, sumptuous room of perfect acoustic qualities."

The lavish wall treatments combine fluted pilasters and paneling in quarter-sawn white oak that was stained a light olive color.

The ornate plaster cornice and ceiling beams are finished to resemble the oak walls and highlighted with gold leaf.