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The Everett McKinley Dirksen Senate Office Building was the second of three office buildings constructed for the United States Senate.
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The Library of Congress began in 1800 with a small appropriation to buy reference books and was originally housed in the U.S. Capitol's west center building.
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The Packard Campus of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center is located on 45 acres near Culpeper, Virginia, 75 miles southwest of Washington, D.C.
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The John Adams Building contains 180 miles of shelving and can hold ten million volumes. When it opened in 1939, it tripled the Library of Congress' shelving capacity.
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The Madison Building is an unusual combination of a national shrine contained in a working building serving both as the Library's third major structure and as this nation's official memorial to President James Madison.
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The Rayburn House Office Building is the third and largest office building constructed for the use of the House of Representatives; it contains three artworks depicting its namesake. It occupies a site south of the Capitol bounded by Independence Avenue, South Capitol Street, C Street SW and First
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The Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. House Office Building is the fifth office building now occupied by the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Completed in the spring of 1933, the seven-story Longworth House Office Building is the second of three office buildings constructed for the United States House of Representatives.
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The Cannon House Office Building (constructed beginning in 1905 and completed in 1908) is the oldest congressional office building and a significant example of the Beaux Arts style of architecture.
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The Capitol Power Plant provides steam and chilled water used to heat and cool buildings throughout the U.S. Capitol campus.
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The Gerald R. Ford House Office Building, acquired by the Architect of the Capitol in April 1975, is the fourth of the current office buildings occupied by the U.S. House of Representatives. It is located southwest of the Capitol on city Square 581, a site bounded by 2nd Street, 3rd Street, D Street
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When Jim Kaufmann, Capitol Grounds and Arboretum Director, happened across an 1891 street-sweeping map while going through cultural landscape reports, he had no idea how simple an old map could make caring for the U.S. Capitol Grounds.
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Throughout 2020 while the United States Botanic Garden was closed to the public, the Horticulture team continued stewarding its plant collection. Several Horticulture team members were paying special attention to a new batch of plants grown from seeds harvested during a plant-collecting trip to
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While most people have one structure to take care of, the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is hard at work on multiple projects to care for the buildings across Capitol Hill.
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Joseph R. DiPietro is the Chief of Operations and Acting Architect of the Capitol. As Acting Architect, he leads the agency's mission to preserve and maintain the historic buildings and grounds across the Capitol campus.
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For the tenth consecutive year, the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) received the Association of Government Accountants' (AGA) prestigious Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting (CEAR) for its Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Performance and Accountability Report (PAR).
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Recently mentioned links on Architect of the Capitol (AOC) social media posts.
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The John Adams Building Garage Repair replaced structural concrete and waterproofing to extend the life of the garage.
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A new special edition of the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) employee magazine, Tholos, is now available.
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Recertifications during the COVID-19 pandemic required a new approach.
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President John Adams issued a letter to all federal agencies on May 15, 1800, directing the "removal of the public offices, clerks and papers" from the capital city of Philadelphia. In that single sentence, Adams started the final move of the U.S. government to its permanent home, the newly created
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The large bronze and glass lanterns are mounted on stately sandstone piers with intricately carved sandstone caps.
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The events of January 6 left most of the nation at a standstill, but Architect of the Capitol (AOC) employees immediately went to work, restoring the building and grounds to their proper condition so that Congress could safely reconvene and inaugural preparations could get back on track.
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Much goes into the presidential inauguration at the U.S. Capitol. Here are a few numbers that help set the stage for this special day.
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In December 2019, a group from the Capitol Visitor Center Social Committee gathered at the cemetery to place markers on the graves of these guides and learn more about their lives.
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Showing Incredible Dedication in Uncertain Circumstances
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The U.S. Capitol Visitor Center is redesigning Exhibition Hall. Visitors will encounter a dynamic and educational environment that will to inform, involve and inspire them about Congress' role in the democratic process.
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What Began as a Demonstration for Kids Is Now a Unique Training Tool
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Access to Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Is All the More Important During the Pandemic