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The William Kenzo Nakamura United States Courthouse is a courthouse primarily used by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit located in Seattle, Washington. Built in 1940, it was renamed for Medal of Honor recipient William K. Nakamura in 2001. It is located at 1010 Fifth Avenue. It was replaced in August 2004 by a newer, 23-story courthouse in the Denny Triangle. ==Building history== Completed in 1940, the William Kenzo Nakamura United States Courthouse was the first single-purpose federal courthouse in the western United States. The building represents the United States' commitment to democratic ideals and evokes the stability, permanence, and authority of the federal government.〔(General Services Administration page on the William Kenzo Nakamura United States Courthouse ).〕 Opened ten years after the Great Depression halted virtually all Seattle construction, the building signaled the potential for new growth in downtown Seattle and substantial federal investment in the region. Constructed on the former site of Seattle's first hospital, the Nakamura Courthouse cost $1.7 million to complete and brought together federal agencies previously scattered throughout the city. These included the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Clerk's Office, Probation Office, Secret Service, and the Alcohol Tax Unit. Additionally, naturalization ceremonies for immigrants to the Pacific Northwest occurred here. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, now the principal tenant, moved into the courthouse in the early 1970s.〔 Located at the eastern edge of a large site in Seattle's Central Business District, the courthouse's expansive lawn, with views of Elliott Bay to the west, is a distinctive open space in the densely developed district. The consulting design architect was Gilbert Stanley Underwood, who designed numerous Union Pacific railroad stations and the Neoclassical Modernist San Francisco Mint of 1936-1937. The building's final plans were likely approved by Supervising Architect of the Treasury Louis A. Simon, who in the 1930s went to Europe to study emerging Modern design techniques with a goal of incorporating them into new federal architecture. This experience shaped the use of modernized Classicism on hundreds of federal buildings with designs Simon oversaw in the 1930s and 1940s.〔 In 2001, the building was renamed to honor Seattle native, Private First Class William Kenzo Nakamura. Before joining the U.S. Army in 1942, Nakamura and his Japanese family were sent to an internment camp. He was killed near Castellina, Italy on July 4, 1944, while singlehandedly protecting his platoon by his own initiative. Nakamura was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2000.〔 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「William Kenzo Nakamura United States Courthouse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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