Winder Building

It was designed by Richard A. Gilpin, (or Robert Mills), for W. H. Winder, a nephew of Gen. William H. Winder.^[2] It was leased as government offices.^[2]

The government purchased it in 1854 for US$200,000.^[3] It was originally covered in stucco, which was stripped and brick painted. The windows have been replaced.^[4] The building is maintained by the General Services Administration and occupied by the Office of the United States Trade Representative, since 1981.^{[citation needed]}

It was occupied by the Office of Emergency Planning/Preparedness in the 1960s through 1973 when that agency was abolished and its functions transferred to other federal agencies.^{[3][citation needed]} It was threatened with demolition in 1974.^{[5][citation needed]} The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.^[3]

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  The Winder Building
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  Central Signal Station, Winder Building, 17th and E Streets NW, and Signal Corps men

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• Ronald Baumgarten, Director, Agricultural Affairs (April 2011). "Civil War History of the Winder Building". USTR.gov. Office of the United States Trade Representative. Retrieved June 3, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)