Federal Home Loan Bank Board Building, circa 1937.
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Harris & Ewing, photographer. Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Bldg., 1st and Ind. Ave, N.W. [ca. 1937] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/hec2009009981/. (Accessed September 08, 2016.)
This file appears in: Federal Home Loan Bank Board (Home Owners’ Loan Corporation)
Federal Home Loan Bank Board (Home Owners’ Loan Corporation)
Originally built in 1927-1928 for the Acacia Life Insurance Company, this building derives its significance from its association with New Deal efforts to make homeownership affordable to more Americans. In 1933, under the supervision of the Federal…