Frances Perkins Building

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The Frances Perkins Building is a federal office building in Washington, D.C., that serves as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Labor and is named after the first female U.S. Cabinet member.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal office building
government building
headquarters building
architecturalStyle Modernist architecture
category Federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
Office buildings in Washington, D.C.
United States Department of Labor
coordinates approximate: 38.892°N 77.014°W
country United States
hasFunction government administration
office building
hasNumberOfFloors multiple stories
hasSignificance symbol of U.S. labor policy administration
headquartersOf United States Department of Labor
inception 1970s
locatedIn District of Columbia
United States
Washington, D.C.
locatedInNeighborhood Judiciary Square
locatedNear National Mall
United States Capitol
maintainedBy General Services Administration
materialUsed concrete
glass
steel
namedAfter Frances Perkins
namedAfterDistinction first female United States Cabinet member
namedAfterOccupation United States Secretary of Labor
owner United States federal government
partOf Federal Triangle area
publicAccess restricted
security federal building security protocols
streetAddress 200 Constitution Avenue NW
use offices of Labor Department agencies
offices of the Deputy Secretary of Labor
offices of the Secretary of Labor


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