J. Edgar Hoover Building

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Brutalist building federal office building government building headquarters building

The J. Edgar Hoover Building is a large Brutalist-style office complex in Washington, D.C., that serves as the main headquarters of the FBI.

Aliases (3)

FBI Headquarters ×3
FBI headquarters ×1
Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Brutalist building → federal office building → government building → headquarters building →
architecturalStyle	Brutalist architecture → Modernist architecture →
category	Brutalist architecture in Washington, D.C. → FBI → Government buildings in Washington, D.C. →
city	Washington, D.C. →
completionDate	1975 →
constructionStartDate	1965 →
continent	North America →
country	United States →
function	FBI headquarters →
governmentBranchServed	United States Department of Justice →
hasArchitecturalFeature	deep-set windows → massive concrete piers → repetitive modular façade →
hasPart	central courtyard → office wings →
inaugurationDate	1975 →
isHeadquartersOf	Federal Bureau of Investigation →
locatedIn	Northwest Washington, D.C. →
locatedNear	National Mall → United States Capitol → United States Department of Justice headquarters → White House →
locatedOn	Pennsylvania Avenue →
location	Washington, D.C. →
managedBy	General Services Administration →
materialUsed	concrete → glass → steel →
namedAfter	J. Edgar Hoover →
namedForRoleOfNamesake	first Director of the FBI →
occupant	Federal Bureau of Investigation →
officialName	J. Edgar Hoover Building →
openedForUse	1975 →
ownedBy	United States federal government →
partOf	federal buildings in Washington, D.C. →
primaryUser	Federal Bureau of Investigation →
securityLevel	high-security facility →
state	District of Columbia →
streetAddress	935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW →
use	intelligence operations support → law enforcement administration → office space →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site →	contains
J. Edgar Hoover Building ("FBI headquarters") →	function
Pennsylvania Avenue →	hasLandmark
Federal Bureau of Investigation →	headquartersBuilding
Washington, D.C. ("Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters") →	hostsInstitution
FBI Directorate of Intelligence ("FBI Headquarters") →	locatedInOrganization
J. Edgar Hoover Building →	officialName
FBI field offices ("FBI Headquarters") →	supervisedBy
Mark Felt ("FBI Headquarters") →	workLocation