William S. Moorhead Federal Building facts for kids
Quick facts for kids William S. Moorhead Federal Building |
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Northeast side of the Moorhead Building
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| General information | |
| Type | Office |
| Location | 1000 Liberty Avenue |
| Coordinates | 40°26′36″N 79°59′40″W / 40.44333°N 79.99444°W |
| Construction started | November 9, 1958 |
| Completed | 1964 |
| Owner | General Services Administration |
| Height | |
| Roof | 340 ft (104 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 23 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Altenhof & Bown |
| Main contractor | Burchick Construction Company, Inc. |
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.
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. 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.
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.
