Federal Home Loan Bank Board Building
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Federal Home Loan Bank Board Building | |
 Federal Home Loan Bank Board Building in 2017 | |
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| Location | 320 1st Street, NW Washington, D.C. |
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| Coordinates | 38°53′35″N 77°1′9″W / 38.89306°N 77.01917°W |
| Built | 1927–1928 |
| Architect | George E. Mathews Louis A. Simon |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 07000642[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 3, 2007 |
The Federal Home Loan Bank Board Building is a historic structure located in Downtown Washington, D.C. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
The structure was built to house the Acacia Mutual Insurance Company, which was the only federally chartered life insurance company.[2] It was incorporated in 1869 as the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia. The Federal government took possession of the building in 1934 to house the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, which is how the building acquired its name in 1937. It was a New Deal program that supported home ownership.
