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Jamie L. Whitten Building

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building, also known as the Jamie L. Whitten Building, houses the administrative offices of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. The Administration Building projects into the National Mall from the larger U.S. Department of Agriculture South Building, and is the only building on the Mall that is not intended for use by the general public. It was the first large Beaux-Arts style building in Washington and set the prototype for the later buildings of the Federal Triangle. The east and west wings were the first Federal office buildings to be built of reinforced concrete. The Whitten Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

History
is to their right. The placement of the new building on the Mall was at odds with the proposed McMillan Plan, which envisioned a Mall free of intrusive buildings. The Agriculture Department's proposed placement was opposed by Commission members Daniel Burnham and Charles McKim. After a series of intercessions by President Theodore Roosevelt the building was moved to be in accordance with the Plan, but only after foundations were in place for a building to the east of the final location. The pediment features sculpture by Adolph Alexander Weinman, while interior murals are by Gilbert White. File:USDA1web.jpg|Administration Building, File:Jamie L. Whitten Building.jpg|Façade of the building with Corinthian columns File:20111110-OC-AMW-002 - Flickr - USDAgov.jpg|A Department of Agriculture employee uses a mule-drawn tiller to plant a new lawn, 1931 Linking bridges In 1936, two enclosed pedestrian bridges were built across Independence Avenue. The single-span stone arches form a dramatic accent on Independence Avenue. The soffits of the bridges are faced with Guastavino tile. The east bridge is dedicated to Seaman A. Knapp, while the west bridge commemorates Agriculture Secretary James Wilson. ==References==
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