Current Exterior, Treasury Annex

ID: 5433 ~ Source: DC Preservation League Photo Archive ~ Creator: Zachary Burt ~ Date: 2019

This file appears in: Treasury Annex: The Treasury Annex supplemented the growing Treasury Department’s essential functions.

Photograph: the main exterior facade features numerous Ionic columns, hinting to classical Greek architecture that inspired both the Treasury Annex's and main building's designs.

This file appears in: Treasury Annex: The Treasury Annex supplemented the growing Treasury Department’s essential functions.

Treasury Annex: The Treasury Annex supplemented the growing Treasury Department’s essential functions.

By The DC Historic Sites team

Like many buildings constructed during and after World War I, the Treasury Annex added more space for the federal department to conduct its business. Built in 1918 on Lafayette Square and designed by…