Public buildings

Building in Washington, D. C.

Headquarters of the United States Department of State, Washington D.C. The building was formerly home to the Department of War.

Washington D.C. home of the Pan-American Union, an international organization formally established by the twenty-one republics of North, Central, and South America in 1910. It is now the General Secretariat for the Organization of American States (OAS). The building was completed in 1910 and was a gift of Andrew Carnegie.

West facade of the United States Capitol Building, Washington D.C. Statue in the foreground is that of John Marshall, longest serving Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

United States Capitol Building, Washington D.C., East facade.

The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. is a tribute to Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States. It is a temple-like structure of classic design. The roof is supported by 36 fluted Doric columns of white marble representing the 36 states of the union at the time of Lincoln's administration.

President Harry S. Truman laying the cornerstone for the new General Accounting Office Building in Washington, D. C.

United States Supreme Court Building, Washington, DC.

President Harry S. Truman laying the cornerstone of the new $25,000,000 Government Accounting Office building in Washington, D. C., and in a speech following the ceremony, he defended the federal budget against criticism conceived in "ignorance, and malice." Photograph is autographed by Frank L. Yates, Assistant Comptroller General of the United States; W. Englebert Reynolds, Commissioner of Public Buildings; Lindsay C. Warren, Comptroller General of the United States, and John McShain, Builder. Original is oversized.

Senator Harry S. Truman on the steps of the Capitol Building. Same as 77-18.