National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Courthouse and Federal Office Building
Denver, Denver County, Colorado
The record
- Listed
- October 17, 2016
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 1929-1961 Stout St., Denver
- County
- Denver
- State
- Colorado
- Contributing resources
- 2 buildings, 1 site, 1 object
- Coordinates
- 39.74951, -104.98927
- Reference number
- 16000723
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The story
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The U.S. Courthouse and Federal Office Building is a federal courthouse and office building at 1929-1961 Stout St. in Denver, listed in the National Register in 2016. It was built from 1962 to 1966 in the New Formalism style, designed by Fisher & Davis and James Sudler Associates.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criteria A and C, with local-level significance in architecture, community planning and development, and politics and government, and its period of significance runs from 1962 to 1966.
Physical character
The Federal Building rises 18 stories, faced like the Courthouse in white precast concrete with marble aggregate, with aluminum-clad columns and a four-story cast bronze sunscreen. Terrazzo floors in white and gray bands with brass dividers lead into two-story courtrooms with marble panels behind the judge's bench. The plaza's original fountains were paved over in 1996-1997, and a 1999-2001 First Impressions project reconstructed the plaza and replaced the temporary bollards with concrete ones.
Historical context
The site was selected in 1946, construction began in 1963, and the building was dedicated in 1966. It was rededicated as the Byron White U.S. Courthouse in 1994, and the sculpture Wild Horse Race, completed in 1936, was relocated to the courthouse in 2002 and reinstalled in 2005.