Jamie L. Whitten Building

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building, since 1995, Jamie L. Whitten Building is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC. The Administration Building is located on the north side of Independence Avenue and extends into the National Mall, where it opposite the National Museum of Natural History is located. It is the only building on the National Mall, which is not intended for visit by the general public. It was the first major building in the Beaux- Arts style in Washington, and so put the prototype for future buildings in the Federal Triangle. East and west wings of the building were the first office buildings of the Federal Government of the United States of reinforced concrete. The building was registered on January 24, 1974 to the National Register of Historic Places.

The location of the building on the National Mall was controversial because he was not in accordance with the McMillan Plan, including the National Mall without disturbing buildings. Against the location of Daniel Burnham and Charles McKim spoke out. After a series of interventions by President Theodore Roosevelt, the building was eventually moved in accordance with the plan; However, there were at this time already the foundations, about 32 meters east of the later Bauortes.

Opening out to the National Mall building was superior created by the architects Rankin, Kellogg and Crane, as the resulting 1930 South Building. Because of its limited budget it works compared to the other buildings on the National Mall modest. The L- shaped side wings were built in 1904-1908, but the central building completed in 1930. Model of the building was completed in 1774 by Ange -Jacques Gabriel Hôtel de la Marine on Place de la Concorde in Paris. The cornices toward the roof are provided with Adolph Alexander Weinman of sculptures, murals inside the building come from Gilbert White. The two wings were built of reinforced concrete, the Mittelbau resulting later is a steel frame.

The pedestrian bridge over the Independence Avenue were built in 1936 to connect the two side wings with the South Building. The arch bridges with a span to form a dramatic accent on Independence Avenue. The bottoms of the bridges are designed as arched Catalan. The eastern footbridge is dedicated Seaman A. Knapp, while the western reminiscent of the Minister of Agriculture James Wilson.

The Administration Building was renamed in 1995 in honor of former Congressman Jamie L. Whitten of Mississippi. Whitten was chairman of the United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies.