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The Longworth Building (center) is located between the Rayburn Building (left, partial view) and Cannon Building (Right) Plans to provide the House of Representatives with a second office building were begun in 1925. Severe overcrowding in the Cannon House Office Building (completed in 1908) led to the renovation of the Cannon Building and the ...
Rayburn House Office Building (RHOB, built 1962-1965, dedicated 1965), named after Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn (1882-1961), of Texas, and is the largest House offices structure. [3] A fourth building, the Ford House Office Building, was recently named for the 38th President Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006).
English: Work during the initial phase of the Cannon Renewal Project includes updating building utilities, primarily in the basement and the moat area of the courtyard. This phase enables future phases to connect the new building-wide utility services with minimal shutdowns and disturbances.
The NCPPC had already won the support of the Architect of the Capitol for the plan, which agreed in 1930 to move the new House office building to the south in order to accommodate the wider avenue. [12] Planning map of the National Mall in 1932, showing the western terminus of South B Street still at 14th Street SW
During Lynn's administration, four major buildings were added to the Capitol complex: the Longworth House Office Building, [2] the Supreme Court Building, [3] the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory and the annex to the Library of Congress now known as the John Adams Building. [4]
Long rumored and now true: The state will buy historic Longworth Hall and take down part of it for coming bridge work. 'Decent deal.' Ohio to buy iconic Longworth Hall
A third building for the Library of Congress, the James Madison Memorial Building, opened in 1980 and the Senate's third building, the Hart Senate Office Building, was occupied in 1982. The most recent large structure within the Capitol complex is the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building , which was opened in 1992.
2009 Massachusetts Ave NW: Hershell Main House, later Alice Roosevelt Longworth house (built 1881, front rebuilt 1910), now the Washington Legal Foundation; 2015 Massachusetts Ave NW: Embassy Row Hotel, rebranded The Ven Embassy Row in late 2020 (arch. Fischer and Elmore, 1971) 2025 Massachusetts Ave NW: Samuel M. Bryan House (arch. W.