Eccles Building

Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building
Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building
	Front entrance of the Eccles building
Former names	Federal Reserve Building (1937–1982)
General information
Location	Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C.
Country	United States
Coordinates	38°53′34″N 77°2′45″W / 38.89278°N 77.04583°W
Completed	1937
Height	85 feet (26 m)
Technical details
Structural system	steel beam
Floor count	6
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Paul Philippe Cret

The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building houses the main offices of the Board of Governors of the United States' Federal Reserve System. It is located at the intersection of 20th Street and Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. The building, designed in the Stripped Classicism style, was designed by Paul Philippe Cret and completed in 1937. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the building on October 20, 1937.^[2]

The building was named after Marriner S. Eccles (1890–1977), Chairman of the Federal Reserve under President Roosevelt, by an Act of Congress on October 15, 1982.^[3] Previously it had been known as the Federal Reserve Building.^[4]

^ ^a ^b "Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building". Archived from the original on February 7, 2018.
^ "Records of the Federal Reserve System". Retrieved 2009-01-26.
^ Public Law 97-320
^ Richardson, Gary; et al. "Banking Act of 1935". www.federalreservehistory.org. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved 2014-07-10.