Herbert C. Hoover Building | |
 Aerial view from 14th Street NW, with the Hoover Building in the foreground and its six courtyards visible. In the background is President's Park. | |
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| Coordinates | 38°53′39.48″N 77°1′58.08″W / 38.8943000°N 77.0328000°W |
| Built | 1932 |
| Architect | Louis Ayres |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| Part of | Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site (ID66000865[1]) |
The Herbert C. Hoover Building is the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the United States Department of Commerce.
The building is located at 1401 Constitution Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., on the block bounded by Constitution Avenue NW to the south, Pennsylvania Avenue NW to the north, 15th Street NW to the west, and 14th Street NW to the east. It is located in the Federal Triangle, east of President's Park South (the Ellipse), north of the National Mall, and west of other Department of Commerce buildings, the John A. Wilson Building (District Building with the government of the District of Columbia / Washington, D.C.), and the Ronald Reagan Building. The building is owned by the General Services Administration.
Completed in 1932, it was renamed after Herbert Hoover in 1981.[2] Hoover served as Secretary of Commerce (1921–1928) and later President (1929–1933). The closest Washington Metro station is Federal Triangle. The White House Visitor Center (on the first floor)[3] is in the Hoover Building.[4]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Clines, Francis X., and Phil Gailey. "Briefing." The New York Times 28 Dec. 1981.
- ^ "Visiting the White House Archived 2009-04-02 at the Wayback Machine."
- ^ "Federal Triangle Historic District." National Park Service.