300 North Los Angeles Street Federal Building

The 300 North Los Angeles Street Federal Building, located across the street from the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and United States Courthouse, is a federal building of the United States that opened in 1965 and is now on the National Register of Historic Places.^[1][2] The building is also notable as the site of a 1971 bombing that killed an 18-year-old worker.^[3]

Federal Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Federal Building in 2016
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Location	300 N Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34.05390°N 118.24014°W / 34.05390; -118.24014
Built	1965
Architectural style	Modern
NRHP reference No.	100006288
Added to NRHP	March 9, 2021

The building holds offices for a number of federal agencies, including the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the Internal Revenue Service.^[4]

Art and architecture

The building hosts three glass mosaics by Los Angeles artist Richard Haines: Celebration of our Homeland, Recognition of All Foreign Lands, and Of the People, for the People, by the People.^[5] The building design was a collaboration between Welton Becket & Associates, Albert C. Martin & Associates, and Paul R. Williams & Associates.^[5] The building is part of Los Angeles Civic Center Historic District.^[1]

Gallery

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  View from Temple Street
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  Front entrance
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  Lobby
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  Recognition of All Foreign Lands by Richard Haines

Bombing

Main article: 1971 L.A. federal building bombing

An explosion in the second floor of the building on January 28, 1971, killed part-time GSA employee Tomas Ortiz. An investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation found no clear perpetrator, although it is believed the attack was made by the Chicano Liberation Front, which was responsible for a series of other bombings in the early 1970s.

Access

Civic Center/Grand Park station is located four blocks from 300 N. Los Angeles. The DASH Downtown D line also circulates past the building on a regular schedule.^[6]

See also

• List of Los Angeles federal buildings
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles

References

1. "300 North Los Angeles Street Federal Building". www.gsa.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
2. "Weekly List 2021 03 12 - National Register of Historic Places (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
3. Federal Building bomb kills man, 1971, retrieved 2023-02-05
4. "300 North Los Angeles Federal Building". gsa.gov. General Services Administration. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
5. "Meet the New Historic Buildings on the Block". www.gsa.gov. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
6. "DASH Downtown Los Angeles". LADOT Transit. Retrieved 2023-02-05.