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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 168 (Thursday, August 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53427-53428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20897]

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BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION

Notice of Availability of the Determination for Eligibility for 
Listing on the Historic Register

AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is issuing 
this notice to advise the public that, on July 24, 2013, the CFPB 
prepared and submitted a recommendation to the State Historical 
Preservation Office for eligibility for listing on the historic 
register for the building located at 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, 
DC. The building is currently used as the headquarters for the Consumer 
Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Originally built in 1976, the 
building has three below ground levels that extend beneath a large 
public courtyard (two of which include secured parking) and seven 
floors above ground with the highest reserved for mechanical equipment. 
Storefront retail is located at the ground level. The CFPB and its 
consultants prepared the final Determination for Eligibility for 
Listing on the Historic Register, dated July 24, 2013, in accordance 
with the provisions of Sec.  106 of the National Historic Preservation 
Act.,

DATES: Comments must be received no later than 25 September 2013. The 
Determination for Eligibility for Listing on the Historic Register is 
available as of the publication date of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may request copies of the Determination 
for

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Eligibility for Listing on the Historic Register from: Consumer 
Financial Protection Bureau, Facilities Office--Projects, 1700 G Street 
NW., Washington, DC, 20552. You may submit comments by any of the 
following methods:
     Electronic: michael.davis@cfpb.gov.
     Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Michael Davis, Project 
Manager, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 1700 G Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20552. All comments, including attachments and other 
supporting materials, will become part of the public record and subject 
to public disclosure. You should submit only information that you wish 
to make available publicly.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Davis, Project Manager, Office 
of Administrative Operations, at (202) 435-9405.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The office building at 1700 G Street, NW., 
currently occupied by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), 
was originally designed by Max Urbahn Associates (now Urbahn 
Architects) and constructed between 1974-1977. The building is 
immediately west and north of the Winder Building, which is listed in 
the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). To address the 
potential individual eligibility of this property, CFPB representatives 
and their consultants consulted key resources as part of a background 
review to put this building within a historic, social, architectural, 
and landscape context. This included the General Services 
Administration (GSA) study Growth, Efficiency, and Modernism: GSA 
Buildings of the 50s, 60s, and 70s (Robinson & Associates 2005), which 
provides an in-depth historical context on federal buildings of the 
Modern era, several newspaper and journal articles on file with the 
CFPB, books on the development and architecture of Washington, DC, 
interviews, and historic maps. To assess the building's potential 
eligibility, resources such as the previously mentioned GSA study, the 
American Institute of Architects Guide to Architecture of Washington, 
DC, and the Society of Architectural Historian's Buildings of the 
District of Columbia were consulted for a context of other buildings in 
the area. Fieldwork was conducted on June 25 and July 11, 2013. The 
building was evaluated for architectural significance as well as 
historic and physical integrity. This resource was documented through 
written notes and digital photography. The information obtained during 
the survey was then used to create the DOE form and make 
recommendations on the property's NRHP potential.

    Dated: August 21, 2013.
Christopher D'Angelo,
Chief of Staff, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
[FR Doc. 2013-20897 Filed 8-28-13; 8:45 am]
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