Old Executive Office Building

The Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB), formerly known as the Old Executive Office Building (OEOB) and as the State, War, and Navy Building, is an office building in Washington, D.C. adjacent to the White House. The building is owned by General Services Administration and occupied by the White House Office of Administration/Executive Office of the President. It is located on 17th Street NW, between Pennsylvania Avenue and New York Avenue... more

The Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB), formerly known as the Old Executive Office Building (OEOB) and as the State, War, and Navy Building, is an office building in Washington, D.C. adjacent to the White House. The building is owned by General Services Administration and occupied by the White House Office of Administration/Executive Office of the President. It is located on 17th Street NW, between Pennsylvania Avenue and New York Avenue, and West Executive Drive. The building is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The first White House executive buildings were built in the late 1790s, as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson readied the new capital for government which was set to relocate there in December 1800. President John Adams had the idea of placing the executive buildings near the Capitol, to be near to Congress, but at George Washington's insistence, the executive buildings were located adjacent to the White House. George Hadfield, who had worked on the United... less