Henry J. Daly Building
- Architect
- Nathan C. Wyeth
- Year
- 1941
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Washington, DC
- Collection
- d.c. deco
The Henry J. Daly Building opened in 1941 as the Municipal Center, built to gather the District of Columbia's scattered city offices into one home in Judiciary Square, a site Pierre L'Enfant had designated for government use in his 1791 plan for the federal city. Nathan C. Wyeth designed the building in the Art Deco style for the District government.
the building
A working government building. The building today is occupied mainly by the Metropolitan Police Department, along with the DC Department of Corrections, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, and the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency.
the style
Wyeth's Art Deco design gave the District government a modern civic image at a moment when city functions were finally being consolidated out of scattered offices and into a single purpose-built building.
More on Art Decosignificance
The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is also known by its address, 300 Indiana Avenue NW, and by its earlier name, the Municipal Center.
nearby
- E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse
- Old City Hall (District of Columbia Court of Appeals)
- Canadian Chancery
- United States Tax Court
- East Building of the National Gallery of Art
- Federal Trade Commission Building