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Historic government building in Southwest, Washington, DC, US United States historic place
Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building in 2008
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Location330 Independence Avenue. SW
Coordinates38°53′14.64″N 77°1′.84″W / 38.8874000°N 77.0169000°W / 38.8874000; -77.0169000
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1939
ArchitectCharles Zeller Klauder; Office of the Supervising Architect
Architectural styleEgyptian Revival
NRHP reference No.07000639
Added to NRHPJuly 6, 2007

The Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, formerly the Social Security Administration Building, is a historic building at 330 Independence Avenue, Southwest, Washington, D.C., United States.

History

The building was designed by Charles Zeller Klauder and the Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon, in the Stripped Classical style in 1939. The building has Egyptian elements as well.

Construction was completed in 1940, but Social Security did not become the building's first occupant. Instead, the threat of war created a need for space for defense agencies, and the building was made available to the War Department and the National Defense Commission. After the war, the Federal Security Agency, under which the Social Security Board had been placed in 1939, moved into the building. In 1953, FSA's successor, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, part of which became the Department of Health and Human Services in 1980, became the primary occupant.

On April 28, 1988, the building was renamed the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building in honor of the Social Security Board's first professional employee and the former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. On July 6, 2007, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Voice of America and the U.S. Agency for Global Media are the building's principal occupants. VOA has been headquartered in the building since 1954.

Gallery

  • North Side oblique view North Side oblique view
  • North Entrance North Entrance
  • East Entrance East Entrance
  • South Entrance South Entrance
  • West Entrance West Entrance
  • Cornerstone Cornerstone

See also

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building (SSA), Washington, DC". GSA. Archived from the original on Dec 5, 2016.
  3. "The Headquarters That Never Was- II". Social Security Online History Pages. Archived from the original on Dec 10, 2023.

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