The Cordell Hull State Office Building is a historic building in

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Location

The building is located on the grounds of the

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, at 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North in Nashville, Tennessee.Phil Williams
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History

The building was constructed from 1952 to 1954. It is 120 feet in height, an area of 348,606 square feet, with ten stories. It was designed in the

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architectural style. It was named in honor of

Cordell Hull Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871July 23, 1955) was an American politician from Tennessee and the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ...

(1871–1955), a Tennessean who served as the 47th

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from 1933 to 1944, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 2013, Jones Lang LaSalle () suggested it should be demolished, although the plan was questioned by journalists and preservationists. After a petition from preservationists and a study by Centric Architecture suggesting it would cost more to demolish it and build a new building instead of refurbishing it, it was stalled. It was announced in 2015 that the Cordell Hull Building would be renovated, and the Legislature would move its scattered offices from the Legislative Plaza, War Memorial Building and

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. A new tunnel to connect Cordell Hull to the Capitol was under construction in 2016. Projected completion for the entire project was Fall 2017.

References

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