The Pentagon | |
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General information | |
Status | Complete |
Architectural style | Stripped Classicism |
Location | Arlington County, Virginia |
Address | 1400 Defense Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20301-1400 |
Coordinates | 38°52′16″N 77°03′21″W / 38.87099°N 77.05596°W |
Construction started | September 11, 1941 |
Completed | January 15, 1943 |
Cost | $83 million ($1.53 billion in 2021 dollars[1]) |
Owner | United States Department of Defense |
Height | |
Roof | 71 feet (22 m)[2] |
Top floor | 5 |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 7 |
Floor area | 6,636,360 square feet (620,000 m2) |
Design and construction | |
Architect | George Bergstrom David J. Witmer |
Main contractor | John McShain, Inc. |
Other information | |
Parking | 67 acres |
References | |
Pentagon Office Building Complex | |
Location | Jefferson Davis Hwy./VA 110 at I-395, Arlington, Virginia |
Area | 41 acres (17 ha) |
Built | 1941 |
Architect | Bergstrom, G.E.; Witmer, D.J. |
Architectural style | Classical Revival, Modern Movement, Stripped Classicism |
NRHP reference No. | 89000932[3] |
VLR No. | 000-0072 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 27, 1988 |
Designated VLR | April 18, 1989[4] |
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense. It is in Arlington, Virginia (near Washington, D.C.). It has limestone walls. It is in the shape of a pentagon, and has seven floors.
The Pentagon is the largest office building in the world,[5][6] but any place in the building can be reached within 7 minutes.
Construction began on September 11, 1941. Exactly sixty years later, on September 11, 2001, it was hit with an airplane by terrorists.[7] The crash killed a total of 189 victims (125 in The Pentagon, 64 in plane).[8]
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