Frances Perkins Building

The Frances Perkins Building is the headquarters of the United States Department of Labor. It is located at 200 Constitution Avenue NW and sits above Interstate 395.
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  • Type: Government office
  • Description: Washington, D.C. headquarters of the United States Department of Labor
  • Also known as: “Frances Perkins Department of Labor Building”, “Frances Perkins Federal Building”, “Frances Perkins House”, “Perkins Building”, “U.S. Dept of Labor - Frances Perkins Building”, and “United States Department of Labor headquarters”
  • Address: 200 Constitution Avenue Northwest

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 2,100 feet southeast of Frances Perkins Building.

Museum
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The is an art museum in , United States, located on the , between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. is situated 1,700 feet southwest of Frances Perkins Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and East End.

Neighborhood
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's 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.

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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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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.

Frances Perkins Building

Latitude
38.89354° or 38° 53′ 37″ north
Longitude
-77.01447° or 77° 0′ 52″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Levels
6
Height
71 feet (22 metres)
Open location code
87C4VXVP+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 48040792
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­government
Geo­Names ID
4138764
Wiki­data ID
Q12058035
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Slovenian—“Frances Perkins Building” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “弗朗西絲·珀金斯大樓”
  • French: “bâtiment Frances-Perkins”
  • French: “Bâtiment Frances-Perkins”
  • Hebrew: “בית פרנסס פרקינס”
  • Japanese: “フランシス・パーキンズ・ ビル”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Frances Perkins Building”
  • Russian: “Фрэнсис-Перкинс-Билдинг”
  • Slovenian: “Frances Perkins Building”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Capitol Hill and Penn Quarter.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Department of Labor Day Care Center and Momoyama.

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