Federal Trade Commission Building
- Architect
- Edward H. Bennett
- Year
- 1937
- Style
- Neoclassical
- City
- Washington, DC
- Collection
- the city beautiful
Completed in 1938 and designed by Edward H. Bennett, the Federal Trade Commission Building — originally called the Apex Building for its wedge-shaped site — was raised as part of the Federal Triangle project authorized under the Public Buildings Act of 1926. It gave a permanent home to the FTC, the agency Woodrow Wilson created by signing the Federal Trade Commission Act in 1914 to police unfair competition and antitrust abuses.
the building
The Apex site. The building's original name came from its wedge, or apex, shaped lot within the Federal Triangle complex, a form dictated by the convergence of surrounding streets.
the style
The Neoclassicism here matches the uniform classical vocabulary imposed across the entire Federal Triangle development, tying this building visually to its neighboring federal agencies.
More on Neoclassicalsignificance
Congress designated the building in 1966 as a contributing structure to the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site, and it was subsequently listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Central National Bank
- National Gallery of Art
- Canadian Chancery
- National Archives
- East Building of the National Gallery of Art
- E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse