Thomas Jefferson Building

The Thomas Jefferson Building, also known as the Main Library, is the oldest of the Library of Congress buildings in Washington, D.C. Built between 1890 and 1897, it was initially known as the Library of Congress Building.
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  • Building
  • …lies at an elevation of 89 feet (27 metres)
  • Description: first separate United States Library of Congress building
  • Postal code: 20540-4660
  • Also known as
    “Jefferson Building”
    “Library of Congress Building”
    “Library of Congress Jefferson Annex”
    “Library of Congress Main Building”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and United States Capitol.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitol Hill and Chinatown.
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is a neighborhood of , located in Ward 6 of the city.

Thomas Jefferson Building

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Latitude
38.88872° or 38° 53′ 19″ north
Longitude
-77.00553° or 77° 0′ 20″ west
Open location code
87C4VXQV+FQ
Geo­Names ID
4140722
Wiki­data ID
Q2615945

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Thomas Jefferson Building” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “托馬斯傑斐遜大廈”
  • Chinese: “托马斯杰斐逊大厦”
  • Chinese: “湯馬斯·傑弗遜大樓”
  • Dutch: “Thomas Jefferson Building”
  • Esperanto: “Konstruaĵo Thomas Jefferson”
  • Estonian: “Thomas Jefferson Building”
  • French: “Thomas Jefferson Building”
  • Georgian: “თომას ჯეფერსონის შენობა”
  • German: “Library of Congress Building”
  • German: “Thomas Jefferson Building”
  • Indonesian: “Gedung Thomas Jefferson”
  • Italian: “Thomas Jefferson Building”
  • Panjabi: “ਥਾਮਸ ਜੇਫਰਸਨ ਬਿਲਡਿੰਗ”
  • Persian: “ساختمان توماس جفرسون”
  • Portuguese: “Edifício Thomas Jefferson”
  • Portuguese: “Thomas Jefferson Building”
  • Russian: “Здание Томаса Джефферсона”
  • Slovenian: “Library of Congress Building”
  • Slovenian: “Thomas Jefferson Building”
  • Spanish: “Edificio Thomas Jefferson”
  • Spanish: “Thomas Jefferson Building”
  • Swedish: “Thomas Jefferson Building”
  • Tatar: “Томас Джефферсон бинасы”
  • Turkish: “Thomas Jefferson Binası”
  • Ukrainian: “Будівля Томаса Джефферсона”

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