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San Francisco's Civic Center is one of the nation's most successful examples of the City Beautiful movement. [3] In 1927, the government allocated $2.5 million for the Federal Building's design and construction, although final costs reached a total of $3 million. San Francisco city officials donated a site in 1930.
The San Francisco Federal Building, formally the Speaker Nancy Pelosi Federal Building, is an 18-story, 234 ft-tall (71.3 m) building at 90 7th Street on the corner of Mission and 7th streets in the South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The federal building was designed by the Morphosis architectural firm, as a supplement ...
The Phillip Burton Federal Building & United States Courthouse is a massive 21 floor, 312 feet (95 m) federal office building located at 450 Golden Gate Avenue near San Francisco's Civic Center and the San Francisco City Hall. [3] The building occupies an entire city block, bounded by Golden Gate Avenue at the south, Turk Street at the north ...
The first U.S. Federal building authorized by the U.S. Congress in 1807, with an appropriation of $20,000 to build, in New Orleans, a post office, courthouse, or custom house.
By the 1870s it became apparent that San Francisco was in dire need of a federal building to house the federal courts and the post office that were located in various downtown buildings. In 1887 a commission delegated to select a site reported that the $350,000 allocated by the U.S. Congress was insufficient and the sum was raised to $1,250,000.
Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco (15 P) Pages in category "Government buildings in San Francisco" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Federal Office Building, St. George/Staten Island, NY; F. Edward Hebert Federal Building, New Orleans, LA; Federal Building, New York, NY (201 Varick Street) Foley Square Federal Office Building; Port Angeles Federal Building, Port Angeles, WA; West Heating Plant, Washington, DC; Old Mint, San Francisco, CA San Francisco Mint
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