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Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building, also known as the Jamie L. Whitten Building, houses the administrative offices of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in The Administration Building projects into the from the larger U.S.
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  • Type: Government building
  • Description: United States Department of Agriculture headquarters building in Washington, DC
  • Also known as: “Agriculture Department Building”, “Department of Agriculture North Building”, “Jamie L Whitten Building”, “Jamie L. Whitten Building”, “Jamie Whitten Bldg.”, and “US Department of Agriculture Administration Building”
  • Historically known as: “Department of Agriculture Administration Building” and “U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building”
  • Address: Jefferson Drive Southwest, Washington, DC 20250
  • Wheelchair access: yes
Photo: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public domain.
Photo: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public domain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and Washington Monument.

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

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The is a 555-foot tall obelisk on the in , built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first president. is situated 1,600 feet west of Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building.

Museum
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The is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust, dedicated to the documentation, study, and interpretation of the Holocaust. is situated 930 feet southwest of Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown and East End.

Suburb
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is the central business district of , located in It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

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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.

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The is just south of the . In addition to beautiful views of the Washington Channel, which separates the parkland on Hains Point with the land contiguous with the National Mall, this neighborhood includes great seafood, restaurants, bars, sports stadiums, entertainment options and boat excursions.

Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building

Latitude
38.88802° or 38° 53′ 17″ north
Longitude
-77.03001° or 77° 1′ 48″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Inception
1930
Levels
5
Height
60 feet (18 metres)
Operator
General Services Administration
Named after
Jamie Whitten
Open location code
87C4VXQ9+6X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 66418961
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­government
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­government
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
4138246
Wiki­data ID
Q2466275
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Norwegian Bokmål—“Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ջեմի Լ. Ուիթեն բիլդինգ”
  • Chinese: “傑米·L·懷頓大樓”
  • German: “U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building”
  • Hebrew: “בניין ג’יימי ל. ויטן”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building”. Photo: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public domain.