Railroad Retirement Board Building

330 C St. SW, Washington, District Of Columbia. County/parish: District of Columbia.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 06, 2007. NRIS 07000638.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Mary E. Switzer Building

From Wikipedia:

Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building

The Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building (formerly known as the Railroad Retirement Board Building) is a federally owned office building located at 330 C Street SW in Washington, D.C.. United States. It was designed in the Egyptian Revival style by Charles Klauder and Louis A. Simon and completed on September 15, 1940. Although intended for the Railroad Retirement Board, its first occupant was the United States Department of War. By Act of Congress, it was renamed for Mary E. Switzer on October 21, 1972, becoming the first federal building to be named for a woman.

The Switzer Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 6, 2007.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/117692442