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American Federation of Labor Building

Washington, District of Columbia
County of District of Columbia.
901 Massachusetts Avenue NW
National Register Number: 74002154
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Commerce/Trade - organizational. The threat level was Satisfactory in
2004.
Certified Local Government: NO
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Statement of Significance (as of designation - May 30, 1974):
On July 4, 1916, at a site where a fine old mansion with a slave pen in the rear had once stood, the American Federation of Labor dedicated its new international headquarters (1916-1956). President Woodrow Wilson delivered the chief address. The imposing seven story brick and limestone building served to symbolize the Federation's growth from, in the words of its founder, Samuel Gompers, "a weakling into the strongest, best organized labor movement of all the world." Not open to the public.


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