National Historic Landmark · Washington, District of Columbia

Lafayette Building

United States historic place in Washington, District of Columbia. Added to the National Register in 2005, and a National Historic Landmark.

National Historic LandmarkListed 2005
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What it is

Wikipedia · Lafayette Building (Washington, D.C.)

The Lafayette Building, also known as Export-Import Bank Building, is a federal government office building at 811 Vermont Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. Completed in 1940, it was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2005. Its landmark designation was made because it was home to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, the government arm that financed and oversaw the mobilization of the United States economy during World War II. It is currently home to the Export–Import Bank of the United States and to offices of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address811 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, DC
CountyDistrict of Columbia County
ListedSep 1, 2005
Reference number05001205
Type of placebuilding
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Access not on record
Address811 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, DC
Coordinates38.90032, -77.03496 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitWorld War I Memorial · 0 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyFort Dupont Park Picnic Areas 4 mi · Rock Creek Park Group Picnic Areas (Dc) 4 mi · Greenbelt Park Ranger Station 9 mi
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 05001205. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.