Wire Building

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox nrhp | name = Wire Building | nrhp_type = | image = Wire Building.jpg | caption = Wire Building in 2023 | location = 1000 Vermont Ave., NW<br/>Washington, D.C. | coordinates = {{coord|38|54|10.3176|N|77|02|2.1624|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = United States District of Columbia street | area = | built = 1949-1950 | architect = Alvin L. Aubinoe | architecture = Modern | designated_nrhp_type = | added = January 23, 2013 | mpsub = | refnum = 12001195<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2010a}}</ref> }} The '''Wire Building''' is an historic structure located at 1000 Vermont Ave NW at the intersection of Vermont and K Streets, in Downtown Washington, D.C. It was listed on the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites in 2012 and on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. The building was designed by architect Alvin L. Aubinoe from the architectural firm of Aubinoe and Edwards and built between 1949 and 1950.<ref name= somersetdev>{{cite web|url=http://planning.dc.gov/DC/Planning/Historic+Preservation/Maps+and+Information/Landmarks+and+Districts/Inventory+of+Historic+Sites/New+Listings+in+the+DC+Inventory+of+Historic+Sites|title=District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites:New Listings|publisher=Historic Preservation Office|accessdate=2013-06-01|last=|first=|archive-date=March 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310213144/http://planning.dc.gov/DC/Planning/Historic+Preservation/Maps+and+Information/Landmarks+and+Districts/Inventory+of+Historic+Sites/New+Listings+in+the+DC+Inventory+of+Historic+Sites|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is a twelve-story structure, rising to a height of {{convert|155.6|ft|m|0}}.<ref name=emporis>{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/building/1000-vermont-avenue-washington-dc-usa|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629023621/http://www.emporis.com/building/1000-vermont-avenue-washington-dc-usa|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 29, 2013|title=1000 Vermont Avenue|publisher=Emporis|author=|accessdate=2013-06-01}}</ref>

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Category:Office buildings completed in 1950 Category:Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Category:Modernist architecture in Washington, D.C.