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Wire Building

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NRHP Reference #
  
12001195

Added to NRHP
  
23 January 2013

Architect
  
Alvin L. Aubinoe

Architectural style
  
Modern architecture

Built
  
1949-1950

Wire Building

Location
  
1000 Vermont Ave., NW Washington, D.C.

Address
  
Vermont Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005, USA

Similar
  
Folger Shakespeare Library, Arena Stage, Ford House Office Bui, Takoma station, Battery Kemble Park

The Wire Building is an historic structure located in Downtown Washington, D.C. It was listed on the DC Inventory of Historic Sites in 2012 and on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. The building was designed by architect Alvin L. Aubinoe from the architectural firm of Aubinoe and Edwards and built between 1949-1950. It is a twelve-story structure, rising to a height of 155.6 feet (47 m).

References

Wire Building Wikipedia