Old Post Office Building, Washington, D.C.

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federal building historic building landmark office building

The Old Post Office Building in Washington, D.C. is a historic late-19th-century federal building on Pennsylvania Avenue that has served various government and commercial uses and is noted for its prominent clock tower.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Old Post Office building	2
Old Post Office	1
Old Post Office Building (Washington, D.C.)	1
Old Post Office Building, Washington, D.C. canonical	1
United States Post Office headquarters	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal building ⓘ historic building ⓘ landmark ⓘ office building ⓘ
addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces	March 24, 1973 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Old Post Office Pavilion ⓘ Old Post Office Tower ⓘ surface form: Old Post Office and Clock Tower
architect	Office of the Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury ⓘ Willoughby J. Edbrooke ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Richardsonian Romanesque ⓘ Neo-Romanesque ⓘ surface form: Romanesque Revival
completionDate	1899 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1892 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasPart	Old Post Office Tower ⓘ clock tower ⓘ
height	315 feet ⓘ 96 meters ⓘ
historicSignificance	early steel-frame high-rise in Washington, D.C. ⓘ one of the few remaining late-19th-century federal buildings in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
locatedBetween	U.S. Capitol and White House on Pennsylvania Avenue ⓘ
locatedIn	Downtown Washington, D.C. ⓘ Federal Triangle ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
locatedNear	Internal Revenue Service Building ⓘ Herbert C. Hoover Building ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Commerce Building
locatedOn	Pennsylvania Avenue NW ⓘ
managedBy	U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ
material	granite ⓘ sandstone ⓘ
numberOfFloors	12 ⓘ
opened	1899 ⓘ
originalFunction	Old Post Office Building, Washington, D.C. self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United States Post Office headquarters main post office for Washington, D.C. ⓘ
ownedBy	U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ surface form: General Services Administration
owner	United States government ⓘ surface form: U.S. federal government
partOf	Federal Triangle ⓘ surface form: Federal Triangle complex Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site ⓘ
preservationCampaign	1970s preservation efforts saved building from demolition ⓘ
referenceNumber	73002124 ⓘ
renovation	1980s renovation for mixed-use development ⓘ
threatenedWithDemolition	1920s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ
towerManagedBy	National Park Service ⓘ
towerObservationDeck	public observation deck ⓘ
towerViews	panoramic views of Washington, D.C. ⓘ
use	federal offices ⓘ hotel ⓘ retail space ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation → locatedIn → Old Post Office Building, Washington, D.C. ⓘ

Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (former Old Post Office) → occupies → Old Post Office Building, Washington, D.C. ⓘ

subject surface form: Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C.

this entity surface form: Old Post Office

Old Post Office Building, Washington, D.C. → originalFunction → Old Post Office Building, Washington, D.C. self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Post Office headquarters

Waldorf Astoria Washington DC (from 2022) → housedIn → Old Post Office Building, Washington, D.C. ⓘ

subject surface form: Waldorf Astoria Washington DC

this entity surface form: Old Post Office building

Waldorf Astoria Washington DC (from 2022) → occupies → Old Post Office Building, Washington, D.C. ⓘ

subject surface form: Waldorf Astoria Washington DC

this entity surface form: Old Post Office building

Willoughby J. Edbrooke → notableWork → Old Post Office Building, Washington, D.C. ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Post Office Building (Washington, D.C.)