Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In 1903 Congress authorized construction of an office building for the House of Representatives—now known as the Cannon House Office Building—and the following year authorized a similar building for the Senate, today known as the Russell Senate Office Building.
The Russell Senate Office Building is the oldest of the United States Senate office buildings. Designed in the Beaux-Arts architectural style, it was built from 1903 to 1908 and opened in 1909. It was named for former Senator Richard Russell Jr. from Georgia in 1972. [1]
The Richard Brevard Russell Senate Office Building (1903–1908) is the oldest of the Senate office buildings as well as a significant example of the Beaux Arts style of architecture.
The Kennedy Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building is one of the grandest and most historic rooms in the nation's capital.
The Russell Senate Office Building. Until 1909 senators had no official office building but instead met in committee rooms of the Capitol or in their private residences. Fifty members had office space in the old Maltby building, which was located on New Jersey and Constitution Avenues.
Construction began on a new building, now known as the Dirksen Senate Office Building, in 1955 and finished in 1958. Known as the Old Senate Office Building since the 1950s, the original building was officially named for longtime Georgia Senator Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. after his death in 1972.
The Russell Senate Office Building is the oldest of the Senate office buildings as well as a significant example of the Beaux Arts style of architecture. Explore the U.S. Senate office buildings cared for by the Architect of the Capitol.