American Federation of Labor
- Architect
- Frank Pierce Milburn
- Year
- 1916
- City
- Washington, DC
The American Federation of Labor Building, completed in 1916 at 901 Massachusetts Avenue NW, was designed by Frank Pierce Milburn as headquarters for the AFL. It housed the union for 40 years until its 1955 merger with the Congress of Industrial Organizations formed the AFL-CIO, and remained a trade union headquarters until 2005.
the building
Surviving facade. The seven-story brick and limestone facade presents five bays to Massachusetts Avenue and eight to 9th Street, with four brick piers dividing the windows into a 1-3-1 pattern. When the building was sold in 2005 to the developers of the Washington Marriott Marquis, this facade was preserved as the only historical element, now forming the hotel's northwest corner.
significance
Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974, the building is also individually listed as a DC Historic Landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Central Public Library (Carnegie Library)
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners-Local 132 building
- Bruce, Blanche K. House
- Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes
- Greyhound Bus Terminal
- Immaculate Conception Church (Washington, D.C.)