William S. Moorhead Federal Building

The William S. Moorhead Federal Building is a 340-foot (100 m) tall skyscraper in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Plans for the building were announced on November 9, 1958 and the structure was completed in 1964. It has 23 floors and is the 21st tallest building in Pittsburgh.[2]

William S. Moorhead Federal Building
Northeast side of the Moorhead Building
General information
TypeOffice
Location1000 Liberty Avenue
Coordinates40°26′36″N 79°59′40″W
Construction startedNovember 9, 1958
Completed1964
OwnerGeneral Services Administration
Height
Roof340 ft (104 m)
Technical details
Floor count23
Design and construction
ArchitectAltenhof & Bown
Main contractorBurchick Construction Company, Inc.[1]

History

The building, then simply known as the Federal Building, was a $20 million project finished in 1964 as a centralized home for what had previously been a large number of scattered offices throughout several different office buildings in Pittsburgh. Designed by Altenhof & Bown, the building replaced an existing Greyhound bus station on the property.[3] The building housed 21 tenants, including the Internal Revenue Service, the Veterans Administration, the Army Corp of Engineers (formerly housed in the Manor Building), the Weather Bureau (formerly in the US Post Office and Courthouse), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (formerly in the Union Trust Building), and the Central Intelligence Agency (originally referred to as "Agency 39"), employing 4,000 employees.[4]

In 1980, the building, then home to 35 federal agencies, was renamed the William S. Moorhead Federal Building, in honor of retiring Representative William S. Moorhead. Despite some criticism of the practice of naming buildings after retiring officials at that time, the statute to rename the building was approved on October 9, 1980.[5][6]

Side of the structure

See also

References
  1. "William S. Moorhead Federal Building". Burchick.com. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  2. William S. Moorhead Federal Building
  3. "William S. Moorhead Federal Building". Historic Pittsburgh. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  4. Rodgers, James (September 13, 1964). "Uncle Sam's Address: 1000 Liberty Avenue". The Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  5. Jaques, Milton (September 27, 1980). "The Moorhead Building? It may be". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  6. "94 Stat. 1723 - An act to designate the United States Federal Building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the "William S. Moorhead Federal Building"". govinfo. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
Preceded by
Bell Telephone Building		 Pittsburgh Skyscrapers by Height
340 feet (104 m)
23 floors		 Succeeded by
Centre City Tower
Preceded by
Four Gateway Center		 Pittsburgh Skyscrapers by Year of Completion
1964		 Succeeded by
Washington Plaza
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