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Watergate complex

Watergate
Aerial view of the Watergate complex in 2006
Watergate complex is located in Central Washington, D.C.
Watergate complex
Location2650 Virginia Ave. NW, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Coordinates38°53′56″N 77°03′15″W / 38.89889°N 77.05417°W / 38.89889; -77.05417
AreaFoggy Bottom
Built1963–1971
ArchitectLuigi Moretti, consulting architect;
Milton Fischer, associate architect;
Boris Timchenko, landscape architect
Architectural styleModern Monument
NRHP reference No.05000540[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 12, 2005
Map of the Watergate complex, showing the former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge to the north, the Kennedy Center to the south, and the Potomac River to the west.

The Watergate complex is a group of six buildings in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. Covering a total of 10 acres (4 ha) just north of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the buildings include:

  • Watergate West (2700 Virginia Avenue NW), cooperative apartments
  • Watergate 600 (600 New Hampshire Avenue NW), office building
  • Watergate Hotel (2650 Virginia Avenue NW)
  • Watergate East (2500 Virginia Avenue NW), cooperative apartments[2]
  • Watergate North (2510 Virginia Avenue NW), cooperative apartments (two lobbies, one is North and one is South)
  • Watergate South (700 New Hampshire Avenue NW), cooperative apartments
  • Watergate Office Building (2600 Virginia Ave NW), the office building where the Watergate burglary happened[3]

Built between 1963 and 1971, the Watergate was considered one of the most desirable living spaces in Washington, D.C., popular with members of Congress and political appointees of the executive branch.[2][4] The complex has been sold several times since the 1980s. During the 1990s, it was subdivided and its component buildings and parts of buildings were sold to various owners.[5][6]

In 1972, the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, then located on the sixth floor of the Watergate Office Building, was burgled; private campaign documents were photographed and telephones were wiretapped.[7] The U.S. Senate investigation into the burglary revealed that high officials in the administration of President Richard Nixon had ordered the break-in and later tried to cover up their involvement. Additional crimes were also uncovered. The Watergate scandal, named after the complex, resulted in Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974.[8][9][10][11]

The name "Watergate" and the suffix "-gate" have since become synonymous with and applied by journalists to controversial topics and scandals in the United States and elsewhere, even extending to contexts where English is not a major language.[12][13][14][15][16]

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  3. ^ Hedgpeth, Dana (May 21, 2005). "Watergate Offices on the Market". The Washington Post.
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  8. ^ Kilpatrick, Carroll (August 9, 1974). "Nixon Resigns". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 19, 2016.
  9. ^ Woodward, Bob; Bernstein, Carl (2005). The Final Days. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-7406-7.
  10. ^ Genovese, Michael (1999). The Watergate Crisis. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-29878-5.
  11. ^ Kutler, Stanley I. (1992). The Wars of Watergate: The Last Crisis of Richard Nixon (Reprint ed.). New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-30827-8.
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