Russell Senate Office Building

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Russell Senate Office Building
The southwest entrance along Constitution Avenue, N.E. (c. 2024)
Location within Washington, D.C.
General information
Status	Completed
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts
Location	United States Capitol Complex
Town or city	Washington, D.C.
Country	United States
Coordinates	38°53′34″N 77°0′25″W / 38.89278°N 77.00694°W / 38.89278; -77.00694
Construction started	1903
Opened	March 5, 1909
Technical details
Material	Marble and Limestone
Grounds	698,921 square feet (64,931.9 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Edward Clark
Architecture firm	Carrère and Hastings

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The Russell Senate Office Building is the oldest of the United States Senate office buildings. Designed in the Beaux-Arts architectural style, it was built from 1903 to 1908 and opened in 1909. It was named for former Senator Richard Russell Jr. from Georgia in 1972.^[1] It occupies a site north of the Capitol bounded by Constitution Avenue, First Street, Delaware Avenue, and C Street N.E.