Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, Present Day
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The Federal Home Loan Bank Board Building located at 320 1st Street NW in Washington, D.C. Completed in 1928, the Classical Revival building was designed by architect George E. Mathews. It was listed on the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites and National Register of Historic Places in 2007. Previously the federal headquarters of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC), it is currently occupied by the Central Office of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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…