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The Byron White United States Courthouse is a courthouse in Denver, Colorado, currently the seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. It formerly housed courthouses of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado Completed between 1910 and 1916, the building, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.〔 In 1994, it was renamed in honor of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White (1917–2002) a native of Fort Collins, Colorado.〔[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c103:3:./temp/~c103MAzRro:: H.R.3693 -- To designate the United States courthouse under construction in Denver, Colorado, (Enrolled Bill [Final as Passed Both House and Senate)], stating that "The United States courthouse being constructed through renovation of the old post office building in Denver, Colorado, shall be known and designated as the 'Byron White United States Courthouse'".〕 ==Building history== The grand Neo-Classical design of the Byron White U.S. Courthouse brought design elements popular in the eastern United States to Denver. The monumental scale and elegance expressed its official and public character, and served as inspiration for other civic buildings in the city. By 1900, Denver was a major transportation crossroads and a significant western commercial city. The monumental 1893 U.S. Post Office was already considered outdated, leading the people of Denver to seek a new, larger building for the Post Office and Federal Courts.〔 Authorization for a new building was approved as early as 1903, but funds were not appropriated until 1908. In 1909, Tracy, Swartwout, and Litchfield to design Denver's new Post Office and Courthouse. It was one of only thirty-five Federal buildings built during Taylor's tenure (1883–1912) that were designed by independent architects commissioned by the U.S. Treasury Department under the Tarsney Act. Passed in 1893, the Act authorized the Treasury Secretary to use private architects, selected through architectural competitions, to design Federal buildings. The Act reflected the growing demand for greater architectural standards for public buildings and opened the way for additional appropriations to maintain those standards.〔 Evarts Tracy (1868–1922) and Egerton Swartwout (1870–1943) graduated from Yale University and worked as draftsmen in the New York office of McKim, Mead, and White before establishing Tracy and Swartwout in New York in 1900. Electus Darwin Litchfield (1872–1952), a graduate of the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and the Stevens Institute of Technology, joined the partnership in 1908.〔 Construction began in 1910, but progress was slow due to insufficient funds. The initial appropriation of $1,500,000 was supplemented with an additional $400,000 as a result of Denver Postmaster Joseph H. Harrison's lobbying effort in Washington, DC. The building opened in January 1916.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Byron White United States Courthouse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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