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Senate Office Building (Russell Senate Office Building)

Architect
Edward Clark
Style
Beaux-Arts
City
Washington, DC
Collection
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The Russell Senate Office Building is the oldest of the Senate's office buildings, built between 1903 and 1908 to relieve overcrowding in the Capitol, where senators had previously rented outside quarters or borrowed committee rooms. Architect of the Capitol Edward Clark was authorized in 1901 to draw up plans, and in 1904 the New York firm Carrère and Hastings was retained to execute the Beaux-Arts design, with John Carrère taking charge of the project. It opened in 1909 and was renamed in 1972 for longtime Georgia senator Richard Russell Jr.

the building

A companion building. Thomas Hastings, Carrère's partner, simultaneously oversaw construction of another, almost identical office building begun at the same time as this one.

the style

The building was designed in the Beaux-Arts style by the New York firm Carrère and Hastings, working under the direction of Architect of the Capitol Edward Clark.

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the architect

Edward Clark served as Architect of the Capitol and was authorized in 1901 to draw the plans for Congress's first outside office buildings; the New York firm of Carrère and Hastings, with John Carrère in charge of the Senate project, carried out the design and construction from 1903 to 1908.

significance

The Russell Senate Office Building is a DC Historic Landmark (#L_0278) and, as the oldest Senate office building, was renamed in 1972 to honor longtime Georgia Senator Richard Russell Jr.

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