Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building
The Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building (TMFJB) at the crossroads of the
The building was named after
It is located at One Columbus Circle NE in
The Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building is an administrative center for the federal court system located next to Union Station. Its construction completed the Columbus Circle area and was considered a long overdue addition to the Washington DC's Union Station and post office.[3]
Financing
By the terms of the innovative financing package, the Architect of the Capitol, George White, agreed to lease the site and finished building to the developer for thirty years, at which time it would revert to the government at no cost. Rents would be used to amortize the privately raised debt. Not since the 1790s, when the board of commissioners attempted to finance the Capitol and White House through the sale of city lots, had such unconventional financing been tried on a federal construction project. Unlike the commissioners' bungled efforts, however, this financing scheme proved entirely satisfactory.[3]
References
- ^ "Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building | Architect of the Capitol". www.aoc.gov. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
- ISBN 978-0-8478-1821-1.
- ^ a b c Architect of the Capital. "Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building". www.aoc.gov. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
- Overview Archived 2020-06-05 at the Wayback Machine from the Architect of the Capitol
- Edward Larrabee Barnes