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FBI Building

J. Edgar Hoover Building
Fbi headquarters.jpg
The J. Edgar Hoover Building in October 2005.
J. Edgar Hoover Building is located in Central Washington, D.C.
J. Edgar Hoover Building
General information
Architectural style Brutalist
Address 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Town or city Washington, D.C.
Country United States of America
Coordinates 38°53′42.71″N 77°1′29.98″W / 38.8951972°N 77.0249944°W / 38.8951972; -77.0249944Coordinates: 38°53′42.71″N 77°1′29.98″W / 38.8951972°N 77.0249944°W / 38.8951972; -77.0249944
Current tenants Federal Bureau of Investigation
Construction started March 1965
Completed September 1975
Inaugurated September 30, 1975
Landlord General Services Administration
Height 160 feet (49 m) (E Street NW side)
Technical details
Floor count 11 (E Street NW side); 8 (Pennsylvania Avenue NW side)
Floor area 2,800,876 square feet (260,209.9 m2)
Design and construction
Architecture firm Charles F. Murphy and Associates

The J. Edgar Hoover Building is a low-rise office building located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., in the United States. It is the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Planning for the building began in 1962, and a site was formally selected in January 1963. Design work, focusing on avoiding the typical blocky, monolithic structure typical of most federal architecture at the time, began in 1963 and was largely complete by 1964 (although final approval did not occur until 1967). Land clearance and excavation of the foundation began in March 1965; delays in obtaining congressional funding meant that only the three-story substructure was complete by 1970. Work on the superstructure began in May 1971. These delays meant that the cost of the project grew to $126.108 million from $60 million. Construction finished in September 1975, and President Gerald Ford dedicated the structure on September 30, 1975.

The building is named for former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. President Richard Nixon directed federal agencies to refer to the structure as the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building on May 4, 1972, but the order did not have the force of law. The U.S. Congress enacted legislation formally naming the structure on October 14, 1972, and President Nixon signed it on October 21.

The J. Edgar Hoover Building has 2,800,876 square feet (260,209.9 m2) of internal space, numerous amenities, and a special, secure system of elevators and corridors to keep public tours separate from the rest of the building. The building has three floors below-ground, and an underground parking garage. The structure is eight stories high on the Pennsylvania Avenue NW side, and 11 stories high on the E Street NW side. Two wings connect the two main buildings, forming an open-air, trapezoidal courtyard. The exterior is buff-colored precast and cast-in-place concrete with repetitive, square, bronze-tinted windows set deep in concrete frames.

Critical reaction to the J. Edgar Hoover Building ranged from strong praise to strong disapproval when it opened. More recently, it has been widely condemned on aesthetic and urban planning grounds.


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