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.[1]
History
On the former site of the John Peter Van Ness Mansion. The cornerstone was laid on May 11, 1908, by Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, and Andrew Carnegie[2] (who largely financed the building's construction), and the building was dedicated on April 26, 1910.[3]
In 1919, the initial meeting of the International Labour Organization was held in the building.[4]
Between 1921 and 1922, the building was used for committee and subcommittee hearings throughout the Washington Naval Conference while closely guarded by marines with fixed bayonets. [5]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2021, for its architecture and its role in international diplomacy.
References
- ^ Pan American Union Building at archINFORM
- ^ "Hall of Americas for Arms Meeting" (PDF). The New York Times. August 27, 1921.
- ^ "Building Stones of Our Nation's Capital: Walking Tour Stops 1-6".
- ^ http://www.ilo.org/public/libdoc/ilo/P/09616/09616(1919-1).pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Wright, Quincy (1922). "The Washington Conference". The American Political Science Review. 16 (2): 285–297. doi:10.2307/1943964. JSTOR 1943964. S2CID 147404493.
External links
Media related to Pan American Union Building at Wikimedia Commons- http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ho_display.cfm/823231
- http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/displayimage.php?pointer=1865&people=&listid=2
- https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/90711000/
