Harry S. Truman Building
The Harry S. Truman Building is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of State at 2201 C Street NW in Washington, DC and the official residence of the U.S. Secretary of State .
After the First World War , the Eisenhower Executive Office Building had become too small for the Foreign, Navy and War Departments . Initially, the Harry S. Truman Building was built as the new official residence for the War Department from 1939 to 1941, but then it was not occupied because it was again too small. Instead, the War Department moved into the Pentagon, which was built between 1941 and 1943 .
When the Ministry of Foreign Affairs moved in, the building had about 52,000 m² of office space. Between 1958 and 1960 it was expanded to include new wings on the west and south sides and since then has had office space of around 139,000 m². The old part of the building, known as the Old War , was renamed the Marshall Wing after George C. Marshall . Since 2003 the entire building has been renovated in a program that will run for 12 years.
In September 2000, Washington’s third largest federal building, previously known as the Main State Building , was named after former President Harry S. Truman .
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Individual evidence
- ^ Congressional and Public Affairs Office, GSA, National Capital Region, Public Buildings Service Renovated State Department 'world class' space . In: Washington Business Journal, September 12, 2003, accessed January 14, 2010
- ^ State Department headquarters named for Harry S. Truman ( Memento December 8, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) , Associated Press, September 22, 2000
Coordinates: 38 ° 53 '40 " N , 77 ° 2' 54" W.