Old State, War, and Navy Building

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The Old State, War, and Navy Building is a historic 19th-century government office building in Washington, D.C., known for its elaborate Second Empire architecture and its role in housing key U.S. executive branch departments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Second Empire architecture building ⓘ
government office building ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1969 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs EEOB ⓘ
Eisenhower Executive Office Building ⓘ
architect Alfred B. Mullett ⓘ
Richard E. P. Taylor ⓘ
William A. Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ
William J. Fry ⓘ
architecturalStyle French Second Empire ⓘ
Second Empire ⓘ
Victorian ⓘ
builtIn19thCentury true ⓘ
city Washington, D.C. ⓘ
client United States federal government ⓘ
constructionEnd 1888 ⓘ
constructionStart 1871 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentOccupant Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
National Security Council staff offices ⓘ
Office of the Vice President of the United States ⓘ
White House Office staff ⓘ
currentUse office building for the Executive Office of the President ⓘ
designatedNationalHistoricLandmark 1969 ⓘ
formerName State, War, and Navy Building ⓘ
hasBasement true ⓘ
hasColumns true ⓘ
hasInteriorFeature decorative tile floors ⓘ
elaborate wall and ceiling decoration ⓘ
ornate staircases ⓘ
hasMansardRoof true ⓘ
hasOrnateInterior true ⓘ
hasPavilions true ⓘ
hasSecurity high ⓘ
heritageDesignation Listing on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
National Historic Landmark ⓘ
housed Joint Chiefs of Staff offices ⓘ
United States Department of State ⓘ
United States Department of War ⓘ
United States Department of the Navy ⓘ
United States Marine Corps headquarters ⓘ
locatedIn Northwest, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
locatedNear Lafayette Square ⓘ
White House ⓘ
locatedOn Pennsylvania Avenue ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
maintainedBy General Services Administration ⓘ
material granite ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
namedAfter Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
namedAfterTitle 34th President of the United States ⓘ
nationalRegisterOfHistoricPlacesReferenceNumber 69000328 ⓘ
numberOfStories 5 ⓘ
occupiesBlock between 17th Street NW and 18th Street NW ⓘ
originalFunction office building for U.S. executive departments ⓘ
owner United States federal government ⓘ
partOf White House complex ⓘ
linked to: White House
publicAccess restricted ⓘ
region Mid-Atlantic United States ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic states
renamedAs Eisenhower Executive Office Building ⓘ
roofMaterial slate ⓘ
significance associated with major U.S. foreign and military policy decisions ⓘ
example of Second Empire government architecture in the United States ⓘ
state District of Columbia ⓘ
streetAddress 1650 Pennsylvania Avenue NW ⓘ

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Eisenhower Executive Office Building → formerlyKnownAs → Old State, War, and Navy Building ⓘ
Alfred B. Mullett → notableWork → Old State, War, and Navy Building ⓘ
Old State, War, and Navy Building → formerName → State, War, and Navy Building ⓘ
linked to: Old State, War, and Navy Building
Alfred Bult Mullett → notableWork → Old State, War, and Navy Building ⓘ
Alfred Bult Mullett → designed → Old State, War, and Navy Building ⓘ
Eisenhower Executive Office Building → formerlyKnownAs → State, War, and Navy Building ⓘ
subject linked to: EEOB
linked to: Old State, War, and Navy Building
Richard E. P. Taylor → notableWork → Old State, War, and Navy Building ⓘ
Bureau of Navigation → locatedIn → Navy Department Building, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
linked to: Old State, War, and Navy Building
William J. Fry → notableWork → Old State, War, and Navy Building ⓘ
War Plans Division → headquartersLocation → War Department Building ⓘ
linked to: Old State, War, and Navy Building