# National Archives Building

Washington DC, United States

A monumental Neoclassical temple completed in 1937 by architect John Russell Pope, this building safeguards the nation's founding documents and stands behind a colonnade of towering Corinthian columns on Constitution Avenue.

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Coordinates: 38.89278, -77.02306

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