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The Herbert C. Hoover Building is the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the
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. The building is located at 1401
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, Northwest, Washington, D.C., on the
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bounded by Constitution Avenue NW to the south, Pennsylvania Avenue NW to the north, 15th Street NW to the west, and 14th Street NW to the east. It is located in the
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, east of President's Park South (the Ellipse), north of the
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, and west of other Department of Commerce buildings, the John A. Wilson Building (District Building with the government of the District of Columbia / Washington, D.C.), and the Ronald Reagan Building. The building is owned by the
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. Completed in 1932, it was renamed after
Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933. A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium and ...
in 1981."Clines, Francis X., and Phil Gailey. "Briefing." ''The New York Times'' 28 Dec. 1981. Hoover served as
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(1921–1928) and later President (1929–1933). The closest
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station is
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. The White House Visitor Center (on the first floor)Visiting the White House
."
is in the Hoover Building.
" National Park Service.


History

The Department of Commerce was established after President
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signed legislation creating the department on his last day in office, March 4, 1913, splitting the former
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into the Department of Commerce and the
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.Farnsworth, Clyde H.
Washington Talk: The Commerce Department; A Many-Tentacled Agency Lights Up 75 Candles
" ''The New York Times'' 3 Mar. 1988.
In 1928, Congress authorized the purchase of land in what is now known as the Federal Triangle for departmental offices.U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC
." General Services Administration. 21 Aug. 2007.
The authorization was part of a wave of government construction; the 1926 Public Buildings Act permitted the government to hire private architects for the
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of federal buildings, which led to large-scale construction of public buildings, including the development of the Federal Triangle site between the Capitol and the
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. Soon afterward
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Andrew W. Mellon and the Board of Architectural Consultants, composed of leading architects and headed by Edward H. Bennett of the
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of Bennett, Parsons, and Frost, developed design guidelines for the site.Gutheim, Frederick, and Antoinette J. Lee
''Worthy of the Nation: Washington, DC, from L'Enfant to the National Capital Planning Commission''
Johns Hopkins UP: 2006, 181–189.
Under Bennett's direction, each member of the board designed one of the buildings in the Federal Triangle complex to "provide each government agency or bureau with a building that would address its functional needs, while combining the individual buildings into a harmonious, monumental overall design expressive of the dignity and authority of the federal government."
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, a member of the board, was selected as the architect for the Department of Commerce Building.Pennoyer, Peter, and Anne Walker.
The Architecture of Delano & Aldrich
'. W.W. Norton: 2003, p. 158.
Ayres,
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(assigned to the
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building, now one of the
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buildings) and
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(assigned to the
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Building, now the William J. Clinton Federal Building) were charged with forming the west end of the Triangle and creating an open green mall. Construction began on October 4, 1927, when
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was the Secretary of Commerce, and the
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was laid on July 10, 1929, early in Hoover's presidential term.Explore the Southern Trail: President's Park (White House)
" National Park Service 5 Sept. 2005.
The building was completed in 1932; at that time, it was the largest
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in the world with over of floor area.Clarity, James, and Warren Weaver. "Briefing." ''The New York Times'' 25 Apr. 1983. The building was renamed after Hoover in December 1981 by
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of
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co-sponsored the bill and asked the House of Representatives to "pay tribute to this great Commerce Secretary", making no mention of Hoover's presidency, which was marked by the beginning of the
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. Democratic Representative John G. Fary of
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, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds brought the bill up for consideration as a favor to Republicans. An aide was quoted as saying, "He was a little concerned what some people might think of him bringing up a bill to honor Herbert Hoover in the midst of a Republican recession." The building was officially dedicated as the Herbert C. Hoover Building on April 25, 1983, coinciding with the release of the first volume of George H. Nash's biography ''The Life of Herbert Hoover: The Engineer.'' Only limited upgrades were made to the Herbert Hoover Building after 1932. By 2007, all other buildings in Federal Triangle had been renovated except the Herbert Hoover Building.Office of the Inspector General. ''Review of Management of Herbert C. Hoover Building Renovation.'' OAE-19885. U.S. Department of Commerce. August 5, 2010, p. 2.
Accessed 2013-02-06.
In 2007, the
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announced an eight-phase, 13-year, $960 million modernization and renovation of the Herbert Hoover Building. In part, the renovation will provide the building with a modern technology infrastructure, modern offices and energy-saving fixtures, and improved security.Medici, Andy. "Three Massive Government Projects That Could Be Killed By Budget Cuts." ''Federal Times.'' January 5, 2012.
Accessed 2013-02-06.
The
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(NCPC) approved the renovation project in 2007.Neibauer, Michael. "Security Upgrades at D.C.'s Herbert Hoover Building May Enliven Dull Block." ''Washington Business Journal.'' February 4, 2013.
Accessed 2013-02-06.
The phases, each of which is to last 18 months, include:Office of the Inspector General. ''Review of Management of Herbert C. Hoover Building Renovation.'' OAE-19885. U.S. Department of Commerce. August 5, 2010, p. 2-3.
Accessed 2013-02-06.
*Phase 1 — Construction of "swing space" to house staff while renovations occur; replacement of the
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system cooling towers on the roof. *Phase 2 — Renovation of the interior Corridor 1 (which runs parallel to Constitution Avenue NW); restoration of the entire exterior facade; and replacement of major utilities serving the building. *Phase 3 — Renovation of the interior and replacement of the roof on Corridor 2 (the second corridor north of Constitution Avenue NW). *Phase 4 — Renovation of the interior and replacement of the roof on Corridor 3 (the third corridor north of Constitution Avenue NW). *Phase 5 — Renovation of the interior and replacement of the roof on Corridor 4 (the fourth corridor north of Constitution Avenue NW). *Phase 6 — Renovation of the interior and replacement of the roof on Corridor 5 (the fifth corridor north of Constitution Avenue NW). *Phase 7 — Renovation of the interior and replacement of the roof on Corridor 6 (the sixth corridor north of Constitution Avenue NW). *Phase 8 — Renovation of the interior and replacement of the roof on Corridor 2 (the corridor parallel to Pennsylvania Avenue NW). GSA's Federal Building Fund will contribute $605 million toward the renovation, while the Department of Commerce's contribution is $128 million. Another $225.6 million, provided by the
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, funded Phases 2 and 3. Both GSA and the Department of Commerce contributions are dependent upon annual congressional appropriations.Office of the Inspector General. ''Review of Management of Herbert C. Hoover Building Renovation.'' OAE-19885. U.S. Department of Commerce. August 5, 2010, p. 3.
Accessed 2013-02-06.
The
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provided GSA with $40 million in savings. The project also proposed creating a new Constitution Avenue entrance for the National Aquarium. The NCPC approved this redesign in 2010. By late 2012, however, budget cuts led to an indefinite delay in completing the project. Nonetheless, GSA pressed ahead with plans in February 2012 to create a more secure barrier around the Herbert Hoover Building. GSA proposed a steel cable barrier concealed by stone cladding, deep-buried steel piers, and collapsing sidewalks. Beautification elements included two reflecting pools along 14th Street NW, which would include public seating and
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stations.


Design and art

The building is
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and measures approximately east to west and north to south. It forms almost the entire west side of the Federal Triangle from Constitution Avenue to E Street. The building contains more than 3,300 rooms joined by unbroken corridors long. Flexible partitions rather than permanent walls were a part of the original design for many of the offices to allow for changes in departmental organization. ''
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'' has described it as "sprawling." The magnificent front of the building is its eastern facade. This east-facing facade is on Fourteenth Street, and contains sixty-three
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s, or vertical spaces between columns divided into five portions with projecting sections at the ends and the center. The large, oversized
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doors were manufactured by the General Bronze Corporation. The Malcolm Baldrige Great Hall is located on the first floor of the north end of the building, facing
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, houses the White House Visitor Center, operated by the
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. The Great Hall is long and wide and was originally used as the Patent Search Room for more than three million
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cataloged by the Department of Commerce (the
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is part of the Commerce Department). As part of the
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celebrations, the Great Hall became the Bicentennial Visitor Center in 1976 and until 1989 housed the Washington Tourist Information Center.
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s began in July 1993 with the restoration of the ornate
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ceiling to restore the simple elegance of the Great Hall. The original Indiana limestone walls,
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doors,
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base and accent flooring, and
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bronze
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s were cleaned and refurbished. In March 1995 the White House Visitor Center was opened. Aspects of other buildings built in Federal Triangle in the 1930s are present in the building, including
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s – natural light and
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are provided to inner offices by six interior courtyards – and a Neoclassical (
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)
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(a Doric
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on three sides). The 15th Street western facade stretches almost three city blocks and has four
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ed
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featuring limestone pediment sculpture by James Earle Fraser, Haig Patigian, Joseph Kiselewski, and Ulysses Ricci. John Donnelley Company was the stone carver on all the pediments. The National Aquarium was located in the basement and was open to the public since the building was completed in 1932 until 2013. Also located inside the building is the Commerce Research Library, a Federal Agency Library which is open to the public but is used mainly by Commerce and other
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employees and
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. The
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(NIST),
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(NOAA), and Census Bureau, all part of the Department of Commerce, maintain their own library collections.GPO Federal Library Directory
.
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.
Because the
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is a part of the Commerce Department, the official Population Clock at one point was located in the
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of the Hoover Building. It briefly malfunctioned in 1982 when it showed some 50 million more Americans than estimated.Hershey Jr., Robert D.
Washington Watch: The Future Of Oil Prices
" ''The New York Times'' 19 July 1982.
The clock now resides at the Census Bureau's headquarters in
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.


National Aquarium in Washington, D.C.

The National Aquarium in Washington, D.C. was an
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in Washington, D.C. It was located in the Herbert C. Hoover Building and was moved to the building at its creation in 1932. It was the first free and public aquarium in the US. It closed on September 30, 2013, after
Budget sequestration in 2013 A budget is a calculation plan, usually but not always financial, for a defined period, often one year or a month. A budget may include anticipated sales volumes and revenues, resource quantities including time, costs and expenses, environm ...
, having permanently lost its location due to the renovation of the Herbert C. Hoover Building. This was the first time that the Aquarium closed in the 140 years since its opening in 1873. The Museum is considering ways of opening at another location in Washington, D.C., but has no specific plans yet.


See also

*
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*
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* Old Post Office Pavilion * National Aquarium in Washington, D.C. * J. Edgar Hoover Building (F.B.I. Headquarters)


References

* This article incorporates text from the
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and
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, which is
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as a work of the United States federal government.


External links

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