James Madison Memorial Building

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United States national memorial building of the Library of Congress federal government building library building memorial office building

The James Madison Memorial Building is one of the main buildings of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., serving as a major research and office facility and as the official memorial to the fourth U.S. president, James Madison.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States national memorial → building of the Library of Congress → federal government building → library building → memorial → office building →
adjacentTo	John Adams Building → Thomas Jefferson Building →
architect	DeWitt, Poor & Shelton → John George Waite Associates →
architecturalStyle	Modernist architecture →
completionDate	1980 →
connectedByTunnelTo	John Adams Building → Thomas Jefferson Building →
constructionStartDate	1971 →
country	United States of America →
dedicatedTo	James Madison →
floorArea	approximately 2,100,000 square feet →
function	office facility → research facility → storage facility for Library of Congress collections →
hasPart	Congressional Research Service offices → Copyright Office spaces → Law Library of Congress reading room → Madison Building Reading Rooms → Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room → Performing Arts Reading Room → auditorium → cafeteria → exhibition spaces →
height	approximately 53 meters →
honorsPosition	fourth president of the United States →
inaugurationDate	1980 →
legislatedBy	United States Congress →
locatedIn	Capitol Hill → Washington, D.C. →
materialUsed	concrete → marble →
name	James Madison Memorial Building →
namedAfter	James Madison →
numberOfFloors	10 →
numberOfUndergroundFloors	3 →
operator	Library of Congress →
owner	Library of Congress →
partOf	Library of Congress →
postalCode	20540 →
purpose	to provide additional space for the Library of Congress → to serve as the official memorial to James Madison →
streetAddress	101 Independence Avenue SE →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
James Madison Memorial ("James Madison Memorial Hall") → United States Capitol Complex ("Library of Congress Madison Building") →	hasPart
Office of Policy and International Affairs → Office of the General Counsel (U.S. Copyright Office) →	locatedIn
James Madison Memorial Building → Madison Building →	name
John Adams Building →	adjacentTo
Adams Building ("Library of Congress buildings") →	category
Thomas Jefferson Building →	connectedTo
Library of Congress →	hasBuilding
General Counsel of the U.S. Copyright Office →	headquartersLocation
United States Copyright Office →	locatedInBuilding
Adams Building →	neighboringBuilding
James Madison Memorial →	partOf
Independence Avenue →	passesBy
Register of Copyrights →	seat
Librarian of Congress ("Library of Congress buildings on Capitol Hill") →	workLocation