Chattanooga State Office Building
The Chattanooga State Office Building is a historic building at 540 McCallie Avenue in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the United States.[1][2][3]
The six-story building was built in 1950 at a cost of $1.75 million to be the headquarters for the Interstate Life Insurance Company.
By 1980, the insurance company offered to sell the building to the State of Tennessee for $8 million.[2] In 1981, the state acquired the building (as well as 6.17 acres and a 5,100-square-foot warehouse) for 5.85 million.[1][2] The building was then used for state government offices until December 2013, when the state "decommissioned" the building (along with the nearby James R. Mapp Building and three other buildings) and transferred the building to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC).[1][2][4] Nearly 400 state employees vacated the building that year.[3]
UTC plans to demolish the building and construct a new, $59 million
In October 2015, UTC received approval to move ahead with repairs to the Mapp Building and Chattanooga State Office Building.[5]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j 11 Most Endangered Historic Places: Chattanooga State Office Building, National Trust for Historic Preservation.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Sean Phipps, List of most endangered historic places includes Chattanooga State Office Building, Nooga.com, June 23, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Yolanda Putman, Chattanooga's state building is one of nation's most endangered historic places, Chattanooga Times Free Press, June 24, 2014.
- ^ Andy Sher, Tennessee OKs closing of Chattanooga State Office Building and James R. Mapp Building, Chattanooga Times Free Press, August 10, 2013.
- ^ Andy Sher, UTC gets funding to repair state-abandoned James R. Mapp building, Chattanooga Times Free Press (October 14, 2015).