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Office in Liberty Avenue
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 / 40.44333°N 79.99444°W / 40.44333; -79.99444
Construction startedNovember 9, 1958
Completed1964
OwnerGeneral Services Administration
Height
Roof340 ft (104 m)
Technical details
Floor count23
Design and construction
Architect(s)Altenhof & Bown
Main contractorBurchick Construction Company, Inc.

The William S. Moorhead Federal Building is a 340-foot (100 m)-tall skyscraper that is located 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.

History

The building, simply known as the Federal Building during its early years, was a $20 million design and construction project that was completed in 1964. It created a centralized home for what had previously been a large number of scattered offices in several different office buildings in Pittsburgh. Designed by Altenhof & Bown, the building replaced an existing Greyhound bus station on the property.

In 1980, the building, which accommodated 35 federal agencies at that time, 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, the statute to rename the building was approved on October 9, 1980.

The building currently has 21 tenants, including the Internal Revenue Service, the Veterans Administration, the Army Corps 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.

See also

Gallery

  • View from Pittsburgh Union Station in 2022 View from Pittsburgh Union Station in 2022

References

  1. "William S. Moorhead Federal Building". Burchick Construction Company Inc. Archived from the original on September 23, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  2. "Pittsburgh Regional Office". US Department of Veterans Affairs. Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  3. "William S. Moorhead Federal Building". Historic Pittsburgh. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  4. Jaques, Milton (September 27, 1980). "The Moorhead Building? It may be". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
    - "94 Stat. 1723 - An act to designate the United States Federal Building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the "William S. Moorhead Federal Building"". US Government. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  5. Rodgers, James (September 13, 1964). "Uncle Sam's Address: 1000 Liberty Avenue". The Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved May 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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Preceded byBell Telephone Building Pittsburgh Skyscrapers by Height
340 feet (104 m)
23 floors 		Succeeded byCentre City Tower
Preceded byFour Gateway Center Pittsburgh Skyscrapers by Year of Completion
1964 		Succeeded byWashington Plaza
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