{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} [[File:64 Baker Street Closeup.jpg|thumb|64 Baker Street, as photographed Spring 2021.]] '''64 Baker Street''' is a commercial property in Baker Street, central London. It was the address of the headquarters of the Special Operations Executive.

==History== The building was completed in the first half of the 20th century and, after becoming part of the Government estate, was let to the Prison Commission.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/b19974760M3243/b19974760M3243_djvu.txt|title=The chemist and druggist|date=1 August 1839|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> It became the headquarters of the Special Operations Executive in September 1940.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/tra14553|title=The SOE in Baker Street|publisher=Culture 24|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> A plaque on the building's face gives details of its former inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/margaret-jackson-personal-assistant-at-the-heart-of-the-special-operations-executive-8714648.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107064154/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/margaret-jackson-personal-assistant-at-the-heart-of-the-special-operations-executive-8714648.html |archive-date=2018-01-07 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Margaret Jackson: Personal assistant at the heart of the Special Operations Executive|date=17 July 2013|work=The Independent|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> thumb|Plaque at street level

After the war, the property was occupied by EMI Classics<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.matrixscience.com/blog/64-baker-street.html|title=64 Baker Street|publisher=Matrix Science|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> before it was converted for retail use.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/2016-01-26/app-uncovers-secret-spy-locations-in-london/|title=App uncovers secret spy locations in London|date= 26 January 2016|publisher=ITV|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref>

==See also== *Baker Street

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