- Eccles Building
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The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building houses the main offices of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. It is located at 20th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., in Washington, D.C. The Art Deco building was designed by Paul Philippe Cret and completed in 1937. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dedicated the building on October 20, 1937.[1]
The building was named after Marriner S. Eccles (1890–1977), a former Chairman of the Federal Reserve by an Act of Congress on October 15, 1982.[2]
References
- ^ "Records of the Federal Reserve System". http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/082.html. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
- ^ "Public Law 97-320". http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d097:HR06267:@@@D&summ2=m&. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
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Coordinates: 38°53′34″N 77°2′45″W / 38.89278°N 77.04583°W
Categories:- 1937 architecture
- Art Deco architecture in Washington, D.C.
- Buildings of the United States government in Washington, D.C.
- Federal Reserve
- Foggy Bottom
- Office buildings in Washington, D.C.
- Paul Philippe Cret buildings
- Washington, D.C. building and structure stubs
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