Built 1908-10 Added to NRHP 4 June 1969 | NRHP Reference # 69000298 | |
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Similar Organization of American, Eccles Building, Art Museum of the Ameri, Mount St Sepulchre Francisca, National Memorial Arch | ||
The Pan American Union Building is the headquarters for the Organization of American States. It is located at 17th Street N.W. between C Street N.W. and Constitution Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C. The cornerstone was laid on May 11, 1908, by Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, and Andrew Carnegie, and the building was dedicated on April 26, 1910.
In 1919, the initial meeting of the International Labour Organization was held in the building, and in 1921, the Washington Naval Conference was held there.
In 1969, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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