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{{Short description|Federal building in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.}}
{{Infobox building
|name = Minton–Capehart Federal Building
|image = Minton-Capehart Federal Building, Indianapolis, Indiana 2020722071.tif
|image_size =
|caption = Minton–Capehart Federal Building in 2019
|status = Completed
|location = 575 N. Pennsylvania St.<br>[[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]]
|coordinates = {{coord|39|46|29|N|86|9|19|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
|building_type = Government offices
|architectural_style = [[Brutalism]]
|roof =
|floor_count = 6
|start_date = {{start date and age|November 6, 1972}}<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/312501938/?terms=%22new%20federal%20building%22%20opening&match=1 | title=New Federal Building Work To Start | work=The Indianapolis News| date=November 3, 1972 | access-date=August 21, 2021 | page=36 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
|opening = 1975
|cost = [[USD|US$]]20 million<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/312616579/?terms=federal%20building&match=1 | title=Federal Building Already 'Too Small' | work=The Indianapolis News| date=June 30, 1973 | access-date=August 21, 2021 | page=1 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><br />(${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|20000000|1973}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}})
|floor_area = {{Convert|406872|sqft|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/312385293/?terms=federal%20building&match=1 | title=U.S. Rents Space For Agencies | work=The Indianapolis News| date=September 28, 1976 | access-date=August 21, 2021 | page=21 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
|developer = [[U.S. General Services Administration]]
|architect = [[Woollen, Molzan and Partners]]
|engineer =
|main_contractor =
|references = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/213454 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307024045/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/213454 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |title=Emporis building ID 213454 |work=[[Emporis]]}}</ref><ref>{{Structurae|20056725}}</ref><ref name=GSA_MCFB/>
}}

The '''Minton–Capehart Federal Building''' is a United States federal building in [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], that is named in honor of former [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] and [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] Justice [[Sherman Minton]] and former U.S. Senator [[Homer E. Capehart]].<ref name=GSA_MCFB>{{cite web|title=Minton–Capehart Federal Building|url=http://www.gsa.gov/mintoncapehartfb|website=General Services Administration|access-date=20 August 2014}}</ref>

The building was designed by Indianapolis architect [[Evans Woollen III]], the principal and founder of [[Woollen, Molzan and Partners]]. Completed in 1975, the structure is notable for its exposed concrete slabs, which are typical of the [[Brutalist architecture]] style.<ref>"Biographical" Sketch in {{cite book | title =Woollen, Molzan and Partners, Inc. Architectural Records, ca. 1912–2011 | publisher =Indiana Historical Society | year =2017 | location =Indianapolis | url =http://www.indianahistory.org/our-collections/collection-guides/woollen-molzan-partners-inc-architectural-records }} See also:Mary Ellen Gadski, "Woollen, Molzan and Partners" in {{cite book | editor =David J. Bodenhamer and Robert G. Barrows|title =The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis | publisher =Indiana University Press | year =1994 | location =Bloomington and Indianapolis | pages =1453–54 | isbn =0-253-31222-1}}</ref> Some have called the $20 million project a "pigeon coop" and "the ugliest building in Indianapolis."<ref name=Fernandez72>{{cite journal| author=Megan Fernandez| title =The Pillar: Evans Woollen | journal =Indianapolis Monthly | page=72 | location =Indianapolis, Indiana | date =June 2010| url = https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/features/the-pillar-evans-woollen/| access-date =December 18, 2017}} See also: {{cite journal| author=Philip J. Trounstine| title =Evans Woollen: Struggles of a 'Good Architect'| journal =[Indianapolis] Star Magazine | page=20 | location =Indianapolis, Indiana | date =May 9, 1976}}</ref> [[Boston City Hall]], completed in 1968, is similar in design and may have served as inspiration for Woollen.<ref>{{cite book | editor =David J. Bodenhamer and Robert G. Barrows|title =The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis | publisher =Indiana University Press | year =1994 | location =Bloomington and Indianapolis | pages =563 | isbn =0-253-31222-1}}</ref>

Built to fill in the east side of the [[Indiana World War Memorial Plaza]], the block-long, six-story structure is raised {{convert|24|ft|m}} above grade on large columns. The concrete building includes {{convert|290000|ft2|m2}} of flexible office on five floors and a parking garage level for 500 cars. Its distinctive, horizontal façade tilts outward as the square footage of each upper floor increases, forming an inverted [[ziggurat]].<ref>{{cite journal| title =Recent Work of Evans Woollen | journal =Architectural Record | volume =141 | issue =5 | pages =142–43| publisher =McGraw-Hill | location = New York City | date =May 1967}}</ref>

Graphic designer [[Milton Glaser]], designer of the stylized [[I Love New York]] heart logo, designed the building's graphic rainbow mural, ''[[Color Fuses]]'', another notable feature of the building. The colorful mural wraps around the exterior's base. Many local residents disliked the colorful mural, which has faded over time, as well as the building's stark design, but architects have considered it one of the city's few "cutting-edge designs from the 1970s."<ref name=Fernandez72/>

The building was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2021.<ref>{{NRHPweekly}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==

*[http://www.gsa.gov/mintoncapehartfb Minton–Capehart Federal Building] at USGSA

{{Historic Places in Indianapolis}}
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[[Category:Federal buildings in the United States]]
[[Category:Government buildings completed in 1976]]
[[Category:Brutalist architecture in Indiana]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Indianapolis]]
[[Category:1976 establishments in Indiana]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Indianapolis]]

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