Dennis Chavez Federal Building
The west elevation of the Dennis Chavez Federal Building
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice
Location500 Gold Avenue SW
Albuquerque
Coordinates35°05′00″N 106°39′12″W / 35.083472°N 106.653433°W / 35.083472; -106.653433
Completed1965[1]
Height
Roof60 m (200 ft)
Technical details
Floor count13
Floor area300,000 square feet (28,000 m2)[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Flatow, Moore, Bryan, and Fairburn
Main contractorHegeman-Harris Company
Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse
NRHP reference No.100009558
Added to NRHPNovember 14, 2023

The Dennis Chavez Federal Building is a high-rise federal office building and courthouse located at 500 Gold Avenue SW in Downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was completed in 1965 and was built with the purpose of housing the U.S. District Court as well as offices of various federal agencies including the U.S. Postal Service, Veterans Administration, U.S. Public Health Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs. [2][3] Originally known simply as the U.S. Courthouse and Federal Office Building, the building was renamed in honor of longtime U.S. Senator Dennis Chavez in 1976.

The Dennis Chavez Building was designed by the Albuquerque firm of Flatow, Moore, Bryan, and Fairburn, which had previously been responsible for other local highrises like the Simms Building and Bank of the West Tower. The steel-framed building is faced with polished granite, with New Mexico marble used in the ground floor lobby.[4] It is 197 feet (60 m) in height and has 13 above-ground floors with a basement and underground parking garage. Hegeman-Harris Company of New York City was the general contractor.[5] When built, it was the third-tallest building in New Mexico after the Bank of the West Tower and the New Mexico Bank & Trust Building. It is currently the seventh-tallest building in Albuquerque.

The District Court relocated to the newly built Pete V. Domenici United States Courthouse in 1998, but the U.S. Bankruptcy Court is still housed in the Dennis Chavez Building.[1] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "D. Chavez Federal Building". U.S. General Services Administration. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "D. Chavez Federal Building".
  3. ↑ "U.S. Offices Moving Bids To Be Opened". Albuquerque Tribune. NM. November 24, 1965. p. A1.
  4. ↑ "Completed Federal Building Rises Over Downtown". Albuquerque Tribune. NM. August 10, 1965. p. A1.
  5. ↑ "25 Jul 1965, Page 21 - Albuquerque Journal at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  6. ↑ "WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 11/13/2023 THROUGH 11/17/2023". National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
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