National Archives Building

The National Archives Building, known informally as Archives I, is the headquarters of the United States National Archives and Records Administration. It is located north of the at 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. in The rotunda entrance is on Constitution Avenue, and the research entrance is on Pennsylvania Avenue.
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  • Archive
  • …lies at an elevation of 10 feet (3 metres)
  • …is abbreviated as “Archives I”
  • Description: building on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., which serves as the public records depository for the United States
  • Postal code: 20408-0001
  • Also known as
    “Archives I”
    “Archives of the United States of America”
    “National Archival Vault”
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National Archives Building

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Latitude
38.89289° or 38° 53′ 34″ north
Longitude
-77.02303° or 77° 1′ 23″ west
Open location code
87C4VXVG+5Q
Geo­Names ID
4139714
Wiki­data ID
Q6970416

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Urdu—“National Archives Building” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “ԱՄՆ Ազգային արխիվի շենք”
  • Belarusian: “будынак Нацыянальнага архіву ЗША”
  • Catalan: “seu dels Arxius Nacionals”
  • Chinese: “国家档案馆”
  • Chinese: “国家档案馆大楼”
  • Chinese: “國家檔案館”
  • Esperanto: “Konstruaĵo de la Naciaj Arkivoj”
  • Hebrew: “בניין הארכיון הלאומי”
  • Italian: “Palazzo degli Archivi Nazionali degli Stati Uniti d’America”
  • Japanese: “国立公文書ビル”
  • Japanese: “国立公文書館”
  • Japanese: “国立公文書館本館”
  • Persian: “ساختمان بایگانی ملی (ایالات متحده آمریکا)”
  • Persian: “ساختمان بایگانی ملی”
  • Romanian: “Clădirea Arhivelor Naționale ale SUA”
  • Russian: “Здание Национального архива США”
  • Spanish: “Edificio de los Archivos Nacionales”
  • Swedish: “National Archives Building”
  • Urdu: “نیشنل آرکائیوز بلڈنگ”

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