The Supreme Court Building was designed by Frank Dorrington Ward, The Chief Architect of the Public Works Department in Singapore during the Britain's colonial rule here. This building is known as Ward's last and greatest piece of work. The imposing Corinthian and Ionic columns, as well as the tympanum sculpture fronting the Supreme Court Building, were the work of Cavalieri Rudolfo Nolli, a Milanese sculptor. It was declared open by Sir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas, Governor of the Straits Settlements, and handed over to the then Chief Justice, Sir Percy McElwaine. Sir Shenton Thomas also laid the foundation stone for the Supreme Court. It was said to be the biggest foundation stone in the whole of Malaya.
