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South facade from Plymouth Court - - (100683)
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Identification
Official name Dirksen Federal Building
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Emporis Building Number 116912
 
Location
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Bordering street #1 South Dearborn Street
Bordering street #2 West Adams Street
Bordering street #3 West Jackson Boulevard
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Complex Chicago Federal Center
Neighborhood Loop
District Downtown
City Chicago
State Illinois
Country U.S.A.
 
Technical Data
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Height (struct.) 117 m 383 ft
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Floors (OG) 30
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Construction end 1964
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Building in General
Type of construction skyscraper
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Facts
- The building is a full block long from north to south, and blocks Quincy Street between State and Dearborn. The rest of the Federal Center is across Dearborn to the west.
- Named after Everett McKinley Dirksen, U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1951 to 1969. One of the country's most famous senators, he served as Minority Leader for many years and one of the Senate office buildings in Washington is named after him.
- Built 11 years before Kluczynski Federal Building, the next office building in the Federal Center.

Companies involved in this Building*
Design architect: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe , C.F. Murphy Associates , A. Epstein and Sons International, Inc. , Schmidt, Garden & Erikson

Other companies: General Services Administration, McKay Conant Brook, Inc., Kellermeyer Godfryt Hart, P.C..