Dennis Chavez Federal Building

The Dennis Chavez Federal Building is a high-rise federal office building and courthouse located at 500 Gold Avenue SW in Downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico.

It was completed in 1965 and was built with the purpose of housing the U.S. District Court as well as offices of various federal agencies including the U.S.

The Dennis Chavez Building was designed by the Albuquerque firm of Flatow, Moore, Bryan, and Fairburn, which had previously been responsible for other local highrises like the Simms Building and Bank of the West Tower.

The steel-framed building is faced with polished granite, with New Mexico marble used in the ground floor lobby.

[4] It is 197 feet (60 m) in height and has 13 above-ground floors with a basement and underground parking garage.