Pan American Union Building

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Beaux-Arts architecture building headquarters building historic building

The Pan American Union Building is a historic Beaux-Arts headquarters in Washington, D.C., serving as the main building of the Organization of American States and a symbol of inter-American diplomacy.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
OAS General Secretariat building	1
Pan American Union Building landscaping and additions	1
Pan American Union building	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Beaux-Arts architecture ⓘ building ⓘ headquarters building ⓘ historic building ⓘ
architect	Albert Kelsey ⓘ Paul Philippe Cret NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Beaux-Arts ⓘ Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
category	Beaux-Arts architecture in Washington, D.C. ⓘ Diplomatic buildings in Washington, D.C. ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
client	Pan American Union ⓘ
completionDate	1910 ⓘ
constructionStart	1908 ⓘ
coordinates	38.8925°N 77.0425°W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
formerOccupant	Pan American Union ⓘ
hasFunction	administrative offices ⓘ conference center ⓘ diplomatic meeting venue ⓘ
hasPart	Hall of the Americas ⓘ central courtyard ⓘ ceremonial halls ⓘ formal gardens ⓘ
heritageDesignation	District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites ⓘ National Historic Landmark ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Historic Landmark
heritageDesignationAuthority	National Park Service ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	1969 ⓘ
inception	1910 ⓘ
locatedIn	Northwest Washington, D.C. ⓘ United States federal district ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
locatedNear	National Mall ⓘ Washington Monument ⓘ White House ⓘ
locatedOn	Constitution Avenue NW NERFINISHED ⓘ
openingDate	1910 ⓘ
owner	Organization of American States ⓘ
partOf	Organization of American States headquarters ⓘ surface form: Organization of American States headquarters complex
servesAs	headquarters of the Organization of American States ⓘ main building of the Organization of American States ⓘ
symbolOf	Pan-Americanism ⓘ inter-American diplomacy ⓘ
usedFor	cultural events ⓘ diplomatic receptions ⓘ meetings of foreign ministers of the Americas ⓘ summits of heads of state of the Americas ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Union of American Republics → hasMainOrgan → Pan American Union Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pan American Union building

Pan American Union → hasPart → Pan American Union Building ⓘ

Committee on Inter-American Summits Management and Civil Society Participation → headquarters → Pan American Union Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: OAS General Secretariat building

Pan American Union → headquartersBuilding → Pan American Union Building ⓘ

Pan American Union → notableBuilding → Pan American Union Building ⓘ

Paul Philippe Cret → notableWork → Pan American Union Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pan American Union Building landscaping and additions