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View shows marble columns produced by the Candoro Marble Company in Knoxville, Tennessee. The architect was James Gamble Rogers II.

Note the copper eagle sculpture at the lower center. The artist, Roland Hockett, was commissioned to do the work in the late 1980s. The eagle was done in a stylized freeform meant to symbolize not merely an eagle but also the ideals many people associate with our national emblem. During the process of creating the sculpture Hockett made a conscious effort to match the eagle to its intended surroundings. Thus, the copper has green verdigris that blends with the green columns in the rotunda itself. Behind the sculpture lies a small round golden disc symbolizing the sun rising over the representation of American freedom.

The Florida Supreme Court moved to its current location, the Supreme Court Building, in 1949. The Court met in the Old Capitol Building from 1845-1912 and in an earlier Supreme Court Building (Whitfield Building) from 1912-1949.