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Social Security Administration Building
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National Register of Historic Places

Social Security Administration Building

Also known as Wilbur J. Cohen Building

On the National Register since 200719 years
ModernisticListed 2007Washington
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About Social Security Administration Building

Social Security Administration Building, at 330 Independence Ave. SW, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jul 6, 2007. The Register lists it for its politics and architecture, at the local level. The listing covers 3 acres. Two more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isGovernment building in Washington, D.C. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 40 MB · National Archives↗
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Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 20 minutes

330 Independence Ave. SW, Washington · about 0.6 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Social Security Administration BuildingStart here
  2. 2Town Center EastBuilding · 0.2 mi on
  3. 3Friendship Baptist ChurchRomanesque Revival · 0.2 mi on
  4. 4Randall Junior High SchoolColonial Revival · 0.1 mi on
  5. 5District of Columbia PoundBuilding · 0.2 mi on
Around it

12 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BTerminal Refrigerating and Warehouse CompanyBuilding0.2 miBTiber IslandMid-Century Modern0.3 miBRailroad Retirement Board BuildingStripped Classicism0.3 miBFederal Office Building No. 6Built 19610.3 miBHubert H. Humphrey BuildingBuilding0.3 miOTitanic MemorialAcademic Abstraction · Built 19310.4 miBU.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentExpressionism · Built 19680.4 miBU.S. Tax CourtModern Movement0.4 miBDuncanson-Cranch HouseFederal0.5 miBEdward Simon Lewis HouseFederal0.5 miBThomas Law HouseFederal · Built 17940.5 miBUS Courthouse-District of ColumbiaModernistic: Stripped Classicism · Built 19490.5 mi

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Questions about Social Security Administration Building

Is Social Security Administration Building on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Jul 6, 2007 (Register number 07000639).

Is Social Security Administration Building a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; District of Columbia has 75 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is USS SEQUOIA (yacht), 0.6 miles away.

Can you visit Social Security Administration Building?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Social Security Administration Building?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 40 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 117692480 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.