This impressive Romanesque Revival construction, built in 1899 (architect W. Edbrooke) is a major landmark on the north face of Federal Triangle with a 315-foot clock tower (the third tallest landmark in the city) and a magnificent interior skylit courtyard. Saved from demolition in the late sixties mainly through the efforts of the late Nancy Hanks, head of the National Endowment for the Arts, and restored under the supervision of Arthur Cotton Moore, 1983, it is now an inviting multiuse complex of commercial space, shops, restaurants, and federal cultural offices. The East Atrium, an addition opened in 1992, contains retail shops, a food court, and a theater to feature the 50-minute film "Washington: Americal City!" to be shown every hour.
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