 The Harry S Truman Building, as seen from The George Washington University's School of International Affairs |
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| Building | |
|---|---|
| Former names | Main State Building |
| Alternate names | State Department building |
| Architectural style | Modern Movement Stripped Classicism[1] |
| Location | 2201 C Street, NW Washington, D.C. United States |
| Owner | U.S. federal government |
| Current tenants | U.S. State Department |
| Coordinates | 38°53′40″N 77°02′54″W / 38.8944°N 77.0484°WCoordinates: 38°53′40″N 77°02′54″W / 38.8944°N 77.0484°W |
| Construction | |
| Started | 1939 |
| Completed | 1941 |
| Renovated | 1960s, 2000s |
| Floor area | 1,500,000 square feet (139,000 m2) |
| Design team | |
| Architect | Louis A. Simon[1] |
| Other designers | William Dewey Foster Gilbert Stanley Underwood[1] |
The Harry S Truman Building is the headquarters of the United States Department of State. It is located in the national capital of Washington, D.C., and is the third-largest federal building in the D.C. metropolitan area, after The Pentagon and Ronald Reagan Building.
The Truman Building is located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood at 2201 C Street, NW, bounded by C Street to the south, E Street, D Street, and Virginia Avenue to the north, 21st Street to the east, and 23rd Street to the west. It is located to the west of Edward J. Kelly Park and north of the National Academy of Sciences building and the National Mall.
The Truman Building houses the office of the United States Secretary of State, a post currently held by Hillary Rodham Clinton.[2]
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History
The building was constructed between 1939 and 1941[3] to house the Department of War, now known as the Department of Defense. However, the Department of War never occupied the building since, by the time construction was complete, the Department had already outgrown the building. Instead, the structure was used for the Department of State.
A large addition was completed in the early 1960s, after which the original building was informally called "Old State" with the addition identified as "New State." Currently, more than 8,000 employees work in the Truman Building. The building houses over 1,500,000 square feet (139,000 m2) of usable space, the corridors take up over 267,000 square feet (24,800 m2), and the roof area is about 7 acres (28,000 m2). There are 43 elevators, over 4,000 windows, and about 34,000 fluorescent light fixtures that provide interior illumination.
In September 2000, the State Department building (previously called the Main State Building, and often called by metonymy "Foggy Bottom") was named in honor of President Harry S. Truman.[4]
The building is currently being renovated under a 12 year plan to modernize the structure.[3]
See also
- Herbert C. Hoover Building
- Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building
- Treasury Building
U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building
References
- ^ a b c "District of Columbia - Inventory of Historic Sites". District of Columbia: Office of Planning. Government of the District of Columbia. September 1, 2004. http://www.planning.dc.gov/planning/frames.asp?doc=/planning/lib/planning/preservation/hp_inventory/inventory_narrative_sep_2004.pdf. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
- ^ "Hillary Rodham Clinton - Biography". United States Department of State. state.gov. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/115321.htm. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
- ^ a b "Renovated State Department 'world class' space". Congressional and Public Affairs Office, GSA, National Capital Region, Public Buildings Service (Washington Business Journal). 2003-09-12. http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2003/09/15/focus10.html. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
- ^ "State Department headquarters named for Harry S. Truman". Associated Press. CNN.com. September 22, 2000. http://web.archive.org/web/20041208101632/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/09/22/truman.building.ap/index.html. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
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