Prince Kuhio Federal Building

The Prince Kūhiō Federal Building, formally the Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaokinaole Federal Building and United States Courthouse, is the official seat of the United States federal government and its local branches of various agencies and departments in the state of Hawaiokinai.

Completed in 1977 with a total of 929,857 square feet (86,000 m²) of working space, it houses the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. the United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Honolulu Division), the offices of Hawaii's U.S. Senators, the offices of Hawaii's U.S. Representatives for Hawaii's 1st congressional district and Hawaii's 2nd congressional district, and branch offices of the United States Secret Service, Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, among other entities.

The building was named after Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaokinaole, heir to the throne of the defunct Kingdom of Hawaiokinai and Republican territorial delegate to the United States Congress.

The Prince Kūhiō Building was constructed to replace the aging Federal Court, Customs House and Post Office building fronting okinaIolani Palace and adjacent to Aliokinaiōlani Hale. The building was given back to the state of Hawaiokinai and was renamed the King David Kalākaua Building in December 2003. Construction of the Prince Kūhiō Federal Building was not without controversy. Statutes provided that all buildings between the shoreline and the foot of Punchbowl Crater could not be taller than the Hawaiokinai State Capitol. The federal government, which was not legally limited by local statutes, defied the statutes and constructed the Prince Kūhiō Federal Building to become the tallest structure in the path of the capitol building's view of the shoreline.

The Prince Kuhio Federal Building was designed by [Joseph G.F. Farrell] .