Old Federal Building (Fairbanks, Alaska)

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United States historic place

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Federal Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey

The Federal Building, not long after its construction in 1933
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Location	Cushman Street and 3rd Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska
Coordinates	64°50′35″N 147°43′17″W / 64.84306°N 147.72139°W / 64.84306; -147.72139
Area	0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built	1933 (1933)
Built by	US Department of the Treasury
Architect	George N. Ray
Architectural style	Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	78003422
AHRS No.	FAI-155
Added to NRHP	August 2, 1978
Designated AHRS	February 2, 1978

The Old Federal Building is a historic government building at Cushman Street and 3rd Avenue in Fairbanks, Alaska. When it was built in 1933, it was the most northern instance of concrete construction in the United States. It is a large building with three full-height floors and two smaller penthouse levels. The building's Art Deco styling includes V-shaped grooves set in pilasters that separate columns of windows and aluminum panels. The grooves are repeated in concrete spandrels above the top row of windows. Interior decoration includes terrazzo flooring, copious use of marble in walls and floors, and a pressed copper ceiling in the courtroom. The building was designed by Washington, DC architect George N. Ray, and built by William "Mac" MacDonald, who also later built the Federal Building in Nome. It originally housed the federal court, post office, and other federal government offices, and the decision to locate it in Fairbanks was critical to the rise of the city's importance; it now houses private offices.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
"NRHP nomination for Federal Building". National Park Service. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
"Federal government gets credit for keeping Fairbanks thriving". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. June 23, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2015.

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