Cannon House Office Building
1908 establishments in Washington, D.C.Beaux-Arts architecture in Washington, D.C.Carrère and Hastings buildingsCongressional office buildingsGovernment buildings completed in 1908
The Cannon House Office Building, often called the "Old House Office Building," completed in 1908, is the oldest congressional office building as well as a significant example of the Beaux-Arts style of architecture. It occupies a site south of the United States Capitol bounded by Independence Avenue, First Street, New Jersey Avenue, and C Street S.E. In 1962 the building was named for former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Joseph Gurney Cannon.
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New Jersey Avenue Southeast, Washington
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Cannon House Office Building
New Jersey Avenue Southeast 200
20003 Washington
District of Columbia, United States
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