Office of the Historian - Department History

Department History

Short History
Buildings
People

Introduction
Original Foreword
The Period of the Continental Congress
Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia: Sept. 5, 1774—Oct. 26, 1774
Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall), Philadelphia: Intermittingly from May 10, 1775 to March 1, 1781
Henry Fite's House, Baltimore: Dec. 20, 1776—Feb. 27, 1777
Court House, Lancaster: Sept. 27, 1777
Court House, York: Sept. 30, 1777-June 27, 1778
13 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia: October 1781-June 1783
Nassau Hall, Princeton, N.J.: June 30, 1783—Nov. 4, 1783
State House, Annapolis: Nov. 26, 1783—Aug. 19, 1784
French Arms Tavern, Trenton: Nov. 1—Dec. 24, 1784
Fraunces Tavern, New York City: Jan. 11, 1785—Apr. 30, 1788
First Location on Broadway, New York City: May 1—Oct. 2, 1788
Second Location on Broadway, New York City: Oct. 2, 1788—Oct. 1790
307 Market Street, Philadelphia: October 1790—April 1793
287 Market Street, Philadelphia: April 1793—May 1794
Sixth and Arch Streets, Philadelphia: May 1794—October 1796
North Street, Philadelphia: Oct. 29, 1796—Aug. 31, 1797
State House, Trenton: August—November 1797, 1798, 1799
13 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia: November 1797—May 1800
Treasury Department Building, Washington: June—August 1800
One of the "Six Buildings," Washington: September 1800-May 1801
Public Building West of the White House: May 1801 - August 1814
G Street Near Eighteenth Street: Sept. 1814 - March 1816
Rebuilt Public Building West of the White House: April 1816 - August 1819
Northeast Executive Building: August, September 1819-November 1866
Washington City Orphan Asylum: November 1866-July 1875
State, War, and Navy Building: July 1875-April 1947
New State Building: April 1947 - present
Extended, remodeled New State Building
Appendix: Annex Buildings Occupied by the Department of State
Photo Credits
Publication Information

Buildings of the Department of State

Introduction

Homes of the Department of State, 1774-1976 originally appeared in monthly installments in the Department of State Newsletter from October 1975 to July 1976 and was published as a consolidated booklet in 1985.

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