The Gerald R. Ford House Office Building was constructed during the New Deal as the Federal General Office Building No. 1 (GOB #1). It was built just behind the new Social Security and Railroad Retirement Board buildings, which were underway… read more
The U.S. Government Publishing Office (USGPO) is a four building complex, which was called the Government Printing Office until the name was changed to the Government Publishing Office in 2014. Building No. 3 was constructed in 1939-40 by the Treasury Department and… read more
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Civic Center Building was originally constructed for the federal Farm Credit Administration, a New Deal agency. It was built between 1938 and 194o, hence started under the Treasury Department (which handled federal buildings at the time)… read more
This historic post office was constructed in 1940 by the federal government as part of the New Deal. After the government reorganization of 1939, responsibility for the construction and maintenance of federal buildings passed from the Treasury Department to… read more
The present Harry S. Truman Federal Building consists of two monumental halves. The first was built under the New Deal for the War Department in 1940-41 (and is still commonly referred to as the War Department building). When the War… read more
The State Department was originally built for the War Department in 1940-41 and has been known since 2000 as the Harry S. Truman Federal Building. It is home to three sculptures commissioned for the original War Department building. •An eagle… read more
This large office building in the Suitland Federal Center –also known as Federal Office Buildings #3 – was constructed by the Public Building Administration (a branch of the Federal Works Agency) in 1941-1942 to be the headquarters of the U.S…. read more