The Pentagon
headquarters of the United States Department of Defense; named after the shape of the building, a polygon with five (greek: penta) sides / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the geometric shape, see Pentagon.
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense. It is in Arlington, Virginia (near Washington, D.C.). It has limestone walls. It is in the shape of a pentagon, and has seven floors.
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The Pentagon | |
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General information | |
Status | Complete |
Architectural style | Stripped Classicism |
Location | Arlington County, Virginia |
Address | 1400 Defense Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20301-1400 |
Coordinates | 38.87099°N 77.05596°W / 38.87099; -77.05596 |
Construction started | September 11, 1941; 82 years ago (1941-09-11) |
Completed | January 15, 1943; 81 years ago (1943-01-15) |
Cost | $83 million ($1.53 billion in 2021 dollars[1]) |
Owner | United States Department of Defense |
Height | |
Roof | 71 feet (22 m)[2] |
Top floor | 5 |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 7 |
Floor area | 6,636,360 square feet (620,000 m2) |
Design and construction | |
Architect | George Bergstrom David J. Witmer |
Main contractor | John McShain, Inc. |
Other information | |
Parking | 67 acres |
References | |
Pentagon Office Building Complex | |
Virginia Landmarks Register | |
Location | Jefferson Davis Hwy./VA 110 at I-395, Arlington, Virginia |
Area | 41 acres (17 ha) |
Built | 1941 (1941) |
Architect | Bergstrom, G.E.; Witmer, D.J. |
Architectural style | Classical Revival, Modern Movement, Stripped Classicism |
NRHP reference No. | 89000932[3] |
VLR No. | 000-0072 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 27, 1988 |
Designated VLR | April 18, 1989[4] |
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The Pentagon is the largest office building in the world,[5][6] but any place in the building can be reached within 7 minutes.
Construction began on September 11, 1941. Exactly sixty years later, on September 11, 2001, it was hit with an airplane by terrorists.[7] The crash killed a total of 189 victims (125 in The Pentagon, 64 in plane).[8]