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Washington, D.C., United States

Cannon House Office Building

Washington, D.C., United States

Cannon House Office Building
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The Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C., completed in 1908, is the oldest office building of the United States Congress. Designed by Thomas Hastings of Carrère and Hastings in the Beaux-Arts style, it is built of marble and limestone and occupies a site south of the Capitol bounded by Independence Avenue, First Street, New Jersey Avenue, and C Street S.E. In 1962 it was named for former Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon.

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Type
congressional office building
Materials
marble, limestone
Heritage
District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites
Place
Washington, D.C., United States

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Location

38.88694, -77.00694