Phillip Burton Federal Building

The Phillip Burton Federal Building & United States Courthouse is a massive 21 floor, 312 feet (95 m) federal office building located at 450 Golden Gate Avenue near San Francisco's Civic Center and the San Francisco City Hall.[3] The building occupies an entire city block, bounded by Golden Gate Avenue at the south, Turk Street at the north, Polk Street at the west, and Larkin Street at the east.

Phillip Burton Federal Building
Phillip Burton Federal Bldg. is located in San Francisco
Phillip Burton Federal Bldg.
Phillip Burton Federal Bldg.
Location within San Francisco
Phillip Burton Federal Bldg. is located in California
Phillip Burton Federal Bldg.
Phillip Burton Federal Bldg.
Phillip Burton Federal Bldg. (California)
Phillip Burton Federal Bldg. is located in the United States
Phillip Burton Federal Bldg.
Phillip Burton Federal Bldg.
Phillip Burton Federal Bldg. (the United States)
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice[1]
Location450 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco
Coordinates37°46′54.5″N 122°25′05.1″W / 37.781806°N 122.418083°W / 37.781806; -122.418083
Opening1964[2]
Height
Roof312 ft (95 m)[3]
Technical details
Floor count21[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)John Carl Warnecke and Associates[1]

Designed by the local architectural firm of John Carl Warnecke and Associates in the International Style, construction was completed in 1964.

It serves as one of four courthouses for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The building was finished in 1964,[2] one of the earliest office towers for San Francisco. It is named for former U.S. Representative Phillip Burton.

Occupants edit

Cafe 450 – 2nd Fl.

Federal Bureau of Investigation San Francisco Field Office – 13th Fl.[4]

Federal Public Defender – 19th Fl.

Internal Revenue Service Help Center – 1st Fl.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Attorney's Office – 11th and 9th Fl.

U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division – 10th Fl.

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. Marshals Service – 20th Fl.

San Francisco Passport Agency – 3rd Fl.

U.S. Pretrial Services – 18th Fl.

U.S. Probation – 17th Fl.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Phillip Burton Federal Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
  2. ^ a b "Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse". gsa.gov. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  3. ^ a b "Phillip Burton Federal Building". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
  4. ^ "San Francisco Division." Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved on June 9, 2015. "450 Golden Gate Avenue, 13th Floor San Francisco, CA 94102-9523"