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William S. Moorhead Federal Building

Field	Value
name	William S. Moorhead Federal Building
image	[[Image:pghfedbldg.jpg	250px]]
image_size	250px
caption	Northeast side of the Moorhead Building
location	1000 Liberty Avenue
coordinates
start_date	November 9, 1958
completion_date	1964
building_type	Office
roof	340 ft
floor_count	23
architect	Altenhof & Bown
main_contractor	Burchick Construction Company, Inc.
owner	General Services Administration

The William S. Moorhead Federal Building is a 340 ft-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.

Gallery

File:William S. Moorhead Federal Building 2022.jpg|View from Pittsburgh Union Station in 2022

References

"William S. Moorhead Federal Building". Burchick Construction Company Inc..
"Pittsburgh Regional Office". US Department of Veterans Affairs.
"William S. Moorhead Federal Building".
Jaques, Milton. (September 27, 1980). "The Moorhead Building? It may be". US Government.
Rodgers, James. (September 13, 1964). "Uncle Sam's Address: 1000 Liberty Avenue". The Pittsburgh Press.

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