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The James T. Foley United States Courthouse is a stone Art Deco federal courthouse, located on Broadway (New York State Route 32) in downtown Albany, New York, United States. Built in the 1930s, it was included in 1980 as a contributing property when the Downtown Albany Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, three-by-two-bay structure built in about 1900 in a vernacular Queen Anne style. It is a side-gabled, clapboard-sided building with a rear 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story ell and a full width front porch.
The Ford House Office Building is one of the five office buildings containing U.S. House of Representatives staff in Washington, D.C., on Capitol Hill.. The Ford House Office Building is the only House Office Building that is not connected underground to either one of the other office buildings or to the Capitol itself, and the only House Office Building that does not contain offices of ...
Alfred E. Smith Building, Albany, 1928; Home Savings Bank Building, Albany, 1927; James T. Foley United States Courthouse, Albany, 1930s; Madison Theater, Albany ...
The office building was completed in 1930. [2] Upon its completion, it became the tallest building in Albany. It was then opened to the public in 1931. At the time of its opening, the building was called the "State Office Building". The State Legislature later renamed it to "Alfred E. Smith State Office Building" in 1945. [1]
Reflecting Albany's status as New York's capital, 17 of the 41 extant buildings listed individually, more than one-third of that total, have been used for governmental purposes at some point. [ note 7 ] The city government is responsible for three of those, its school district for two and the federal government one (the Old Post Office ), with ...
Ford House Office Building, Washington, DC building used by the U.S. House of Representatives; Ford Building (Detroit), downtown office building; tallest in Michigan (1909-1913) Ford Foundation Building, New York City structure by architect Kevin Roche; Ford Building (Fairfax, Virginia), home to Antonia Ford, a confederate spy in the Civil War
The most recognizable aspect of the complex is the Erastus Corning Tower, the tallest building in the state outside of New York City. [1] At the opposite end of the city are two more large modern complexes, the W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus (1950s and 1960s) and on the uptown campus of the University at Albany (1962