William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building

The William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building is a complex of several historic buildings located in the Federal Triangle in Washington, D.C., across 12th Street, NW from the Old Post Office.

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Type: Public building
Description: complex of several historic buildings in Washington, D.C., United States
Also known as: “Clinton Federal Building” and “William J. Clinton Federal Building”
Historically known as: “Ariel Rios Federal Building” and “New Post Office”
Address: DC

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and National Museum of Natural History.

National Mall

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The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

National Museum of Natural History

Museum

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The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. National Museum of Natural History is situated 1,300 feet southeast of William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building.

National Museum of American History

Museum

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The National Museum of American History: Kenneth E. Behring Center is a historical museum in Washington, D.C. It collects, preserves, and displays the heritage of the United States in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific, and military history. National Museum of American History is situated 1,100 feet south of William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown and East End.

Downtown

Suburb

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Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

East End

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East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.

Chinatown

Neighborhood

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Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017.

William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building

Categories: government building, office building, and building
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.89396° or 38° 53′ 38″ north

Longitude

-77.02885° or 77° 1′ 44″ west

Elevation

16 feet (5 metres)

Open location code

87C4VXVC+HF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 367142969

OpenStreetMap feature

building=public

GeoNames ID

4137580

Wikidata ID

Q4790448

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building” goes by many names.

Chinese: “威廉·傑佛遜·克林頓聯邦大樓”
Chinese: “威廉·杰斐逊·克林顿联邦大厦”
French: “édifice fédéral William Jefferson Clinton”
French: “Édifice fédéral William Jefferson Clinton”
Slovenian: “William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building”
Spanish: “William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building”

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