The first United States Federal building and Courthouse was built in 1941, 16 years before Alaska became a state. This new Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse was built in 1979. In April of 2014, it was renamed the James M. Fitzgerald United States Courthouse in honor of the man’s distinguished career from 1959 through 1974 as a superior court judge, associate justice for Alaska Supreme Court, district judge, and chief judge.
