Eccles Building, Washington, D.C.

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The Eccles Building in Washington, D.C. is the historic headquarters of the Federal Reserve Board and a central hub for U.S. monetary policy.

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Eccles Building, Washington, D.C. canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government building
historic building
office building
architect Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Architectural Section
Paul Philippe Cret
architecturalStyle Stripped Classicism
category Federal Reserve System
Government buildings in Washington, D.C.
Office buildings completed in 1937
completionDate 1937
constructionStartDate 1935
coordinates 38.8933°N 77.0414°W
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dedicated October 20, 1937
function center of U.S. monetary policy decision-making
headquarters of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
governingBody Federal Reserve Board of Governors
surface form: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
hasFacadeDirection faces Constitution Avenue NW
hasMeetingRoom Federal Open Market Committee boardroom
main Board of Governors meeting room
hasSecurity federal security
heritageDesignation listed on the National Register of Historic Places
inception 1937
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
locatedIn District of Columbia
United States Capitol Complex
Washington, D.C.
locatedNear Constitution Avenue NW
Lincoln Memorial
National Mall
materialUsed marble
namedAfter Marriner S. Eccles
NRHPListingDate December 27, 1974
NRHPReferenceNumber 74002165
numberOfFloors 7
occupant Federal Reserve Board of Governors
surface form: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
officialName Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building
ownedBy Federal Reserve Board of Governors
surface form: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
partOf Federal Reserve Board building, Washington, D.C.
surface form: Federal Reserve headquarters complex
significance historic headquarters of the Federal Reserve Board
symbol of U.S. central banking authority
streetAddress 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
usedFor meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee

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Chair of the Federal Reserve officeLocation Eccles Building, Washington, D.C.