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Dirksen Senate Office Building

The Dirksen Senate Office Building is the second office building constructed for members and staff of the United States Senate, northeast of the , in , and was named for the late longtime Minority Leader Everett Dirksen from in 1972.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: second of three office buildings constructed for the United States Senate
  • Also known as: “Dirksen”, “Dirksen Building”, “Everett McKinley Dirksen Office Building”, “Everett McKinley Dirksen Senate Office Building”, and “New Senate Office Building”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and United States Capitol.

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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 , often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Dirksen Senate Office Building.

Library
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The is an independent research library on in , United States. It has the world's largest collection of the printed works of William Shakespeare, and is a primary repository for rare materials from the early modern period in Britain and Europe. is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Dirksen Senate Office Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitol Hill and NoMa.

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is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of , located in Ward 6 of the city. The neighborhood encompasses the region north of Massachusetts Avenue located north and east of Union Station.

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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.

Dirksen Senate Office Building

Latitude
38.89213° or 38° 53′ 32″ north
Longitude
-77.00562° or 77° 0′ 20″ west
Elevation
75 feet (23 metres)
Operator
Architect of the Capitol
Network
United States Capitol subway system
Open location code
87C4VXRV+VQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8398794687
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
4138263
Wiki­data ID
Q1228170
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Dirksen Senate Office Building” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “德克森參議院辦公大樓”
  • Chinese: “德克森參議院辦公樓”
  • French: “Dirksen Senate Office Building”
  • German: “Dirksen Senate Office Building”
  • Hebrew: “בניין דירקסן”
  • Hebrew: “בניין המשרדים של הסנאט דירקסן”
  • Japanese: “ダークセン上院議員会館”
  • Japanese: “ダークソン上院議員会館”
  • Russian: “Здание Сената США имени Дирксена”
  • Swedish: “Dirksen Senate Office Building”
  • Vietnamese: “Tòa nhà Văn phòng Thượng viện Hoa Kỳ Dirksen”

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