Hurff Ackerman Saunders Federal Building and Robert Boochever U.S. Courthouse

U.S. Federal Building in Alaska

58°18′05″N 134°25′13″W / 58.3014°N 134.4202°W / 58.3014; -134.4202Construction started1964Opened1966OwnerUnited States federal governmentLandlordGeneral Services AdministrationTechnical detailsFloor count9Design and constructionArchitect(s)Olsen & Sands; Linn A. Forrest; John Graham & Company^[1]Other informationParkingBasement (restricted)
Parking lot across Gold Creek

The Hurff Ackerman Saunders Federal Building and Robert Boochever U.S. Courthouse (Known to locals simply as "the Federal Building") is a United States Federal Building, United States Post Office and Federal court, located in Juneau, Alaska.^[2] Built in 1964^[3] and completed in 1966, the structure is located at 709 W. 9th Street, on the outskirts of downtown, near the Juneau-Douglas Bridge and across the street from the downtown Capital City Fire/Rescue station. The building serves as the official federal representation for the capital city of Alaska.

Managed by the General Services Administration, the building has nine floors, plus a basement and mezzanine level. The building is located next to Gold Creek, a natural watershed which has been lined with concrete, carrying runoff from Mount Juneau.

Tenants

The building contains the Juneau offices and chambers of the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska. It also contains offices for major federal agencies, including:

Board of Immigration Appeals^[4]
Environmental Protection Agency^[4]
Federal Bureau of Investigation^[4]
Federal Highway Administration^[4]
Federal Housing Authority^[4]
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration^[4]
Robert Boochever United States Courthouse^[4]
Social Security Administration^[4]
United States Army Corps of Engineers^[4]
United States Coast Guard^[4]
United States Department of Agriculture^[4]
United States Forest Service^[5]
United States Postal Service^[4]
United States Veterans Administration^[6]

Reach, Inc., a Juneau-based non-profit organization, operates the 9th Street Cafe, a restaurant on the Second Floor.^[7]

Hurff Ackerman Saunders and Robert Boochever

Hurff Ackerman Saunders was born July 29, 1903, in South Dakota, and moved to Alaska in 1941 while it was still a US territory. Saunders obtained a civilian position with the Coast Guard, working as a civil engineer. During World War II, Saunders made numerous corrections to the nautical maps of the period, making the Alaskan waters much safer for the US Navy and Coast Guard. Prior to his retirement, Saunders completed building the Federal Building which went on to bear his name. Hurff Saunders died in Juneau on August 29, 1996, at the age of 93.^[8]

Robert Boochever was born October 2, 1917, in New York City, and was a United States federal judge and a Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court. Boochever became an associate justice of the Alaska Supreme Court in 1972, and served until 1980. From 1975 until 1978, Boochever served as Chief Justice. in 1980, President Jimmy Carter appointed Boochever to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, where he served until his death on October 9, 2011, at the age of 94.

References

^ Engineering News-Record Fall 1961: 70. New York.
^ "Alaska Buildings". U.S. General Services Administration. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
^ "Historical photo: The new Federal Building goes up". Juneau Empire. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
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^ "Contact Us". US Forest Service. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
^ "New VA clinic opens downtown". Juneau Empire. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
^ "How do you spell S-U-C-C-E-S-S?". Juneau Empire. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
^ "Hurff Family - Person Sheet". Hurff.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.