Mural "The Security of the People" by Seymour Fogel located in the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, Washington, D.C.

ID: 2790 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Creator: Carol M. Highsmith, photographer ~ Date: 2011
This file appears in: Social Security Administration (Wilbur J. Cohen Building)
Mural "The Security of the People" by Seymour Fogel located in the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, Washington, D.C.
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Completed between the years 1939-1940, by architect Charles Z. Klauder. Architectural style is Stripped Classicism. Originally constructed as and called the Social Security Building, it was renamed in 1988 for Wilbur Joseph Cohen (1913-1987), a government official and public affairs educator.

This file appears in: Social Security Administration (Wilbur J. Cohen Building)

The Wilbur J. Cohen Building, formerly the Social Security Administration Building, is a monumental presence amongst significant public buildings on the National Mall. The building is part of the modern architectural movement of the first half of…