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Auditors Complex, Annex Buildings 1 & 1-A, Independence Avenue, Fifteenth Street Southwest, Fourteenth Street Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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Significance: Owned throughout their existence by Federal Government and designed by one of the four architects of Main Auditors Complex (original Bureau of Printing and Engraving), Annex 1 and 1-A were built for support storage needs of the Bureau. The structures housed carriages, wagons, horses used to transport currency and, by 1920, a laundry used to clean rag goods required for high-quality currency printing. By 1924, Annex 1/1-A house garage parking and repair area for cards and trucks. Since 1954, buildings have been used by GSA as garage and for file cabinet storage.

Survey number: HABS DC-524-A

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1933 - 1970
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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States ,  38.88443, -77.03204
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