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The Robert C. Weaver Federal Building is a 10-story office building in Washington, D.C., owned by the federal government of the United States.Completed in 1968, it serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). [4]
Completed in 1936, the South Building was the largest office building in the world until the completion of the Pentagon, with dimensions of 458 feet (140 m) by 944 feet (288 m) in seven stories with 4500 rooms. [2] The building's design is credited to Louis A. Simon of the Federal Office of the Supervising Architect.
The E Street Complex, also known as the "Navy Hill Complex," the "Potomac Hill Complex," the "Observatory Hill Complex," and the "Pickle Factory," is the historic site of the primary headquarters facility of the Office of Strategic Services, and the first headquarters building of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Within the same block are several buildings: Blair House, Trowbridge House, and Renwick Gallery in the south and the National Grange Headquarters and the Decatur House to the north. Known as Federal Office Building #7, it was built from 1965 [1] to 1969 and is ten stories tall, double the height of the EEOB. According to Michael J. Bednar of ...
The original design of the headquarters building included a local branch post office, called Benjamin Franklin Station. This branch, with entrances on Pennsylvania Avenue , is extant as of 2018. In the 1990s, the General Services Administration (GSA) refurbished the former Post Office building and preserved the architectural details of the ...
The American Red Cross National Headquarters is located at 430 17th Street NW in Washington, D.C. Built between 1915 and 1917, it serves both as a memorial to women who served in the American Civil War and as the headquarters building for the American Red Cross. [2] It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965. [2] [3]
Jackson Place is a Washington, D.C. street located across from the White House and forming the western border of Lafayette Square between Pennsylvania Avenue and H Street, NW, beginning just south of Connecticut Avenue. Facing the street are mostly 19th century town homes which are now generally used for government offices of other official ...
The U.S. Government Accountability Office Building is an historic government office building, the headquarters of the Government Accountability Office located at 441 G Street NW in Washington, D.C., adjacent to the National Building Museum. [2]