J. Edgar Hoover Building

The J. Edgar Hoover Building is the headquarters for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The building, named for former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, is located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.. The FBI building is not open to the public, as guided tours of the building were discontinued in 1999. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 739 KB) Summary J Edgar Hoover Building, FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. Photo taken by Kmf164 on October 15, 2005. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 739 KB) Summary J Edgar Hoover Building, FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. Photo taken by Kmf164 on October 15, 2005. ... F.B.I. and FBI redirect here. ... John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an influential but controversial director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). ... Pennsylvania Avenue street sign, 2004. ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ...

Planning

Since 1908, when the Bureau was still the Justice Department Bureau of Investigation, the FBI had been headquartered in the Department of Justice building. In April 1962, Congress approved the construction of a separate building for the FBI. The General Services Administration allocated funding for the project, and design began. The GSA appointed Berswenger, Hoch, Arnold, and Associates for engineering, and Charles F. Murphy and Associates as architects. The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington, D.C. “Justice Department” redirects here. ... Congress in Joint Session. ... The General Services Administration (GSA) is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. ...

The design was finalized in 1964, and construction began on December 6, 1967. The naming was authorized by President Richard Nixon on May 4, 1972, two days after Hoover's death. Employees began moving into the facility on June 28, 1974, and the last employees moved in by June 1977. President Gerald Ford officially dedicated the building on September 30, 1975. December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... is the 124th day of the year (125th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... For other persons named Gerald Ford, see Gerald Ford (disambiguation). ... is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Architecture

The building was constructed in a brutalist style, the entire exterior having been constructed from poured concrete. Like most Brutalist buildings, it has suffered criticism for aesthetics and functionality. Washingtonian magazine named it one of the "Buildings I'd Tear Down" along with the Kennedy Center. Elvis performed on the front steps of the building. [1] Brutalism is an architectural style that spawned from the modernist architectural movement and which flourished from the 1950s to the 1970s. ... The Washingtonian is a monthly magazine distrubuted in the Washington DC area. ... The Kennedy Center as seen from the Potomac River. ...

According to the plans, the building contains 2,800,876 square feet (260,201 m²) of floor space for 7,090 employees. [2]

Trivia

• The J. Edgar Hoover Building's exterior was used regularly in 1990s science fiction show The X-Files.
• J. Edgar Hoover himself was quoted as describing the building as "the ugliest building I've ever seen."^{[citation needed]}
• The building is destroyed by a terrorist bombing during the climax of the film Arlington Road.

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