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Old Post Office
Old Post Office, Washington
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Quick Facts
City  Washington
Country  USA
Year  1899
Height  96,0m / 315ft
Floors  12
Realisation
Architect  Willoughby J. Edbrooke
Building Info
Name  Old Post Office
Category  Office Building
Alias  Nancy Hanks Center
Materials  granite
steel
Address  1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, at the southeast corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 12th Street, N.W.
Notes
Constructed as a combined United States Postal Department and District Post Office building.
It was the first steel-frame building constructed in Washington
Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1973.
The building was saved from demolition in 1934 due to lack of money during the Great Depression and it was saved again in 1973 after Nancy Hanks reversed a decision to raze the building.
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