Winder Building
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{{Infobox nrhp
| name = Winder Building
| nrhp_type =
| image = Winder Building, across 17th Street (2022).jpg
| caption = Winder Building in 2022
| location = 604 17th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
| coordinates = {{coord|38|53|51|N|77|2|25|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = United States Washington, D.C. central
| built = 1848
| architect = Richard A. Gilpin
| architecture = Federal
| designated_nrhp_type =
| added = March 24, 1969{{NRISref |2008a |dateform=mdy |access-date=June 3, 2019 |refnum=69000303 |name=Winder Building}}
| refnum = 69000303
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The Winder Building is an office building in Washington, D.C., just west of the White House.
It is located at 604 17th Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C.
History
It was designed by Richard A. Gilpin, (or Robert Mills), for W. H. Winder, a nephew of Gen. William H. Winder.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BKAwV_ABLvIC&q=winder+building+history&pg=PA298 |title=Robert Mills: America's First Architect |first=John M. |last=Bryan |via=Google Books |publisher=Princeton Architectural Press |date=2001 |access-date=2012-11-07 |isbn=9781568982960}} It was leased as government offices.
The government purchased it in 1854 for {{US$|200,000}}.{{cite web |url=https://ustr.gov/archive/Who_We_Are/History_of_the_Winder_Building,_Home_to_USTR's_Washington_DC_Headquarters.html |title=History of the Winder Building, Home to USTR's Washington D.C. Headquarters |website=USTR.gov |publisher=Office of the United States Trade Representative |access-date=June 3, 2019}} It was originally covered in stucco, which was stripped and brick painted. The windows have been replaced.{{cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form – Winder Building (#69000303) |url={{NRHP url|id=69000303}} |website=National Register of Historic Places |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=June 3, 2019 |date=March 24, 1969}} The building is maintained by the General Services Administration and occupied by the Office of the United States Trade Representative, since 1981.{{citation needed |date=July 2023}}
It was occupied by the Office of Emergency Planning/Preparedness in the 1960s through 1973 when that agency was abolished and its functions transferred to other federal agencies.{{citation needed |reason=the year 1973 not sourced|date=July 2023}} It was threatened with demolition in 1974.{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=John |title=The history of one of D.C.'s oldest government buildings |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/there-are-a-lot-of-myths-about-dcs-winder-building-the-truth-is-impressive-too/2019/06/01/32642530-82e7-11e9-95a9-e2c830afe24f_story.html |access-date=June 3, 2019 |work=The Washington Post |department=John Kelly's Washington |date=June 1, 2019 |language=en}}{{citation needed |date=July 2023 |reason=year not sourced}} The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
File:Oldwinderbuilding.jpg|The Winder Building
File:Washington, D.C. Central Signal Station, Winder Building, 17th and E Streets NW, and Signal Corps men LOC cwpb.04135.tif|Central Signal Station, Winder Building, 17th and E Streets NW, and Signal Corps men
References
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External links
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- {{cite web |author1=Ronald Baumgarten, Director, Agricultural Affairs |title=Civil War History of the Winder Building |url=https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/blog/2011/april/civil-war-history-winder-building |website=USTR.gov |publisher=Office of the United States Trade Representative |access-date=June 3, 2019 |language=en |date=April 2011}}
Category:Office buildings completed in 1848
Category:Buildings of the United States government in Washington, D.C.
Category:Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.