The Court and Remsen Building, at 350 feet (107 m) in height, was the first of the major high-rises to be built in Brooklyn during the 1920s, briefly holding the title of Brooklyn's tallest building until 1927, when the Montague-Court Building was completed and became Brooklyn's tallest building at 462 feet (141 m). The Remsen has an elegant art deco design with soaring ceilings, glass walls, and marble floors. It stood as a testament to prosperity after World War II until it was demolished in 1969 to make way for another high-rise. The building was originally known as the Court Building because it was home to the Supreme Court of New York County until that court moved to a new location in 1955. The name was later changed to the Remsen Building after American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner received his United States citizenship here in 1938. Today, only the facade remains standing, but it's enough to see how magnificent this building used to be. In addition to being one of Brooklyn's most beautiful structures, the Court Building was also considered innovative at the time it was built because it had an elevator on each floor instead of just one in the basement like most skyscrapers did back then. This is why it still stands today after all these years; even though it's not in use, the elevator machinery is still inside the case.