J Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation Building

The J. Edgar Hoover Building is a low-rise office building located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in , in the . It was the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: architectural structure
  • Also known as: Federal Bureau of Investigation Building”, “Hoover Building”, “J Edgar Hoover FBI Building”, and “J. Edgar Hoover Building

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and Ford’s Theatre.

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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.

Theater building
Ford's Theatre is a theater in , which opened in 1863. In 1865, it was the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth. is situated 530 feet northwest of J Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation Building.

Museum
The is a natural history museum administered by the , located on the in , United States. is situated 1,600 feet south of J Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East End and Downtown.

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.

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.

Neighborhood
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is a historic roundabout park and neighborhood of , located in Northwest D.C. The majority of is primarily residential, except for the highly-commercialized 14th Street corridor that passes through the western part of the neighborhood.

J Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation Building

Latitude
38.89539° or 38° 53′ 43″ north
Longitude
-77.0247° or 77° 1′ 29″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
87C4VXWG+54
Geo­Names ID
4139198
Wiki­data ID
Q167479
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“J Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation Building” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مبني جي ادغار هوفر
  • Armenian: Ջ․ Էդգար Հուվերի անվան շենք
  • Chinese: 約翰·埃德加·胡佛大樓
  • Czech: Budova J. Edgara Hoovera
  • Dutch: J. Edgar Hoover Building
  • Esperanto: Konstruaĵo J. Edgar Hoover
  • French: Immeuble Hoover
  • French: J. Edgar Hoover Building
  • French: Siège du FBI
  • German: J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building
  • Hebrew: בניין ג’יי אדגר הובר
  • Irish: Foirgneamh J. Edgar Hoover
  • Italian: J. Edgar Hoover Building
  • Japanese: J・エドガー・フーバー・ビル
  • Japanese: フーヴァービル
  • Norwegian Bokmål: J. Edgar Hoover Building
  • Norwegian: J. Edgar Hoover Building
  • Persian: ساختمان جی. ادگار هوور
  • Portuguese: Edifício J. Edgar Hoover
  • Russian: Здание им. Эдгара Гувера
  • Russian: Здание имени Эдгара Гувера
  • Spanish: Edificio J. Edgar Hoover
  • Swedish: J. Edgar Hoover Building
  • Thai: อาคารเจ. เอ็ดการ์ ฮูเวอร์
  • Welsh: Adeilad J. Edgar Hoover

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