Hurff Ackerman Saunders Federal Building and Robert Boochever US Courthouse, Federal courthouse in downtown Juneau, United States.
The Hurff Ackerman Saunders Federal Building and Robert Boochever U.S. Courthouse stands at 709 W. 9th Street on the edge of downtown Juneau, next to Gold Creek. Completed in 1966, it has nine floors plus a basement and mezzanine, and holds courtrooms, federal agency offices and a post office.
Construction began in 1964 and the building was completed in 1966, three years after Alaska became the 49th state. It was named for Hurff Ackerman Saunders, a Coast Guard civil engineer who moved to Alaska in 1941, corrected nautical maps during World War II, and completed the building before his retirement. In 1980 the courthouse portion was named for Robert Boochever, then appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the Ninth Circuit.
The building carries two names: Hurff Ackerman Saunders, a Coast Guard civil engineer who corrected nautical maps of Alaskan waters during World War II and saw the building completed before his 1996 death, and Robert Boochever, who served on the Alaska Supreme Court from 1972 to 1980, as chief justice from 1975 to 1978, and on the Ninth Circuit from 1980 until 2011.
The building houses various federal agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Social Security Administration in a central downtown location. Visitors should expect standard security procedures typical of active government facilities.
The building contains the 9th Street Cafe, operated by Reach Inc., a local nonprofit organization serving the Juneau community. This cafe provides a gathering space within the federal structure.
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