Estes Kefauver Federal Building and United States Courthouse

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Location801 Broadway,
Nashville, Tennessee
Coordinates 36°9′30″N86°46′58″W / 36.15833°N 86.78278°W / 36.15833; -86.78278
Built1952
ArchitectAllan Stewart Thorn, supervising architect
Marr & Holman, architects [1]
Architectural style Modern
NRHP reference No. 16000739 [2]
Added to NRHPOctober 24, 2016

The Estes Kefauver Federal Building & Courthouse Annex is a Federal office building and a courthouse of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee built in Nashville, Tennessee in 1952. [3] The nine-story annex to the building was completed in 1974. [4]

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Named after U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver, the building was designed by the Nashville firm of Marr & Holman in the Modern Style, and construction began in 1948. [4]

Since the completion of the nearby Fred D. Thompson U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building in 2022, the Courts and other Federal Offices have moved to the newer building. [5] The General Services Administration plans to maintain the building and house other federal agencies currently located throughout Nashville. [6]

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References

  1. "NRHP Registration Form" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Program: Weekly List". National Park Service. November 4, 2016.
  3. Estes Kefauver Federal Building and United States Courthouse from the Federal Judicial Center database of Historic Federal Courthouses.
  4. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: or Registration:". National Park Service. with photos
  5. "Dedication ceremony in Nashville of Fred D. Thompson U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building". U.S. General Services Administration. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  6. "Demolition to make way for $194M new Nashville federal courthouse". from The Tennessean, Sept. 21, 2016

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