Watergate building complex

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Watergate building complex
National Register of Historic Places
Watergate building complex (2006)

Watergate building complex (2006)

Watergate Building Complex (District of Columbia)
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location Washington, DC
Coordinates 38 ° 53 '55.8 "  N , 77 ° 3' 19.5"  W Coordinates: 38 ° 53 '55.8 "  N , 77 ° 3' 19.5"  W.
surface 4 hectares
Built 1967
architect Luigi Moretti
Architectural style Modern
NRHP number 05000540
The NRHP added October 12, 2005
Characteristic architecture of the Watergate complex

The Watergate complex ( Engl. Watergate complex ) is an office-hotel complex in northwest Washington, DC in the United States . It was built from 1967 and is best known as the site of the Watergate affair , which resulted in the resignation of then President Richard Nixon .

The building complex consists of a hotel, two office buildings, three apartment buildings and a shopping center.

history

The Watergate building complex was built by the Italian company Società Generale Immobiliare . The company had the 4 hectares construction area of 10 million US dollars purchased. The complex was designed by the Italian architect Luigi Moretti .

The construction of the facility took several years. The Watergate Hotel, with a range of wellness options, was one of the first buildings to open in 1967. In October 1972, the six main buildings of the Watergate complex were complete.

The complex gained international fame after five men were arrested on June 17, 1972 for breaking into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee (the national organization of the US Democratic Party ) and stealing documents. This was the beginning of the investigation of the Watergate affair named after the building complex.

On October 12, 2005, the Watergate building complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a Historic Monument .

The Watergate Hotel was foreclosed on July 21, 2009. There were no bidders. The new owner was therefore PB Capital , a subsidiary of Postbank AG , which held the bulk of the US $ 25 million mortgage.

Web links

Commons : Watergate Complex  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Watergate: The Building That Changed Washington | Washingtonian . In: Washingtonian . October 1, 2005 ( washingtonian.com [accessed April 3, 2018]).
  2. ^ Watergate in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 4, 2017.
  3. http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/watergate100.html ( Memento from July 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive )