The Carpenters Building, Architectural Detail

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This file appears in: Carpenters Building: When built, the Carpenters Building was believed to be the largest building owned by any local union in the United States.

This file appears in: Carpenters Building: When built, the Carpenters Building was believed to be the largest building owned by any local union in the United States.

Carpenters Building: When built, the Carpenters Building was believed to be the largest building owned by any local union in the United States.

By The DC Historic Sites team

Built in 1926 as the headquarters of Local No. 132 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, this building recalls the extremely prominent role the union and its local affiliates…