Statistics

Below are the statistics summary concerning GSA's owned and leased Historic Building inventory as of May 2008.

Size of GSA Historic Buildings (Government-Owned) Inventory
438 historic buildings listed, formally determined eligible, and likely to be determined eligible based on age and other criteria for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.

  • Historic buildings provide approximately one fourth (25%) of GSA's federally owned space
  • Occupiable: 34 million s.f.
  • Rentable: 47 million s.f.
  • Gross: 53 million s.f.

National Register of Historic Place (Government-Owned Inventory):

  • 252 buildings listed in the National Register
  • 64 National Historic Landmarks (highest category of importance in the National Register)

Leases in Historic Buildings:

  • GSA leases space in approximately 50 historic buildings
  • Non-federally owned historic buildings provide more than 2.7 million square feet leased by GSA

GSA's Largest Historic Buildings Leases:

  • Postal Square, Washington, DC: 785,000 s.f.
  • Wanamaker Building, Philadelphia, PA: 414,000 s.f.
  • Average (mean) GSA historic buildings lease: 31,000 s.f.
  • Typical (median) GSA historic buildings lease: 16,000 s.f.

Top Federal Agencies Leasing Space in Historic Buildings through GSA:

  • U.S. Courts
  • General Services Administration
  • Social Security Administration
  • Health and Human Services
  • Justice Department
  • Internal Revenue Service
Last Reviewed 4/21/2009