Herbert C. Hoover Building
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Herbert C. Hoover Building
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Aerial view from 14th Street, with the Hoover Building in the foreground and its six courtyards visible. In the background is President's Park.
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| Location | 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. |
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| Coordinates | 38°53′39.48″N 77°1′58.08″W / 38.8943000°N 77.0328000°WCoordinates: 38°53′39.48″N 77°1′58.08″W / 38.8943000°N 77.0328000°W |
| Built | 1932 |
| Architect | Louis Ayres |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| Part of | Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site (#66000865) |
The Herbert C. Hoover Building is the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the United States Department of Commerce.
The building is located at 1401 Constitution Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., on the block 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 Federal Triangle, east of President's Park South (the Ellipse), north of the National Mall, and west of other Department of Commerce buildings, the John A. Wilson Building, and the Ronald Reagan Building. The building is owned by the General Services Administration.
Completed in 1932, it was renamed after Herbert Hoover in 1981. Hoover served as Secretary of Commerce (1921–1928) and later President (1929–1933). The closest Washington Metro station is Federal Triangle.
The White House Visitor Center (on the first floor) is in the Hoover Building.
The Department of Commerce was established after President William Howard Taft signed legislation creating the department on his last day in office, March 4, 1913, splitting the former Department of Commerce and Labor into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor.
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