The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building houses the main offices of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The building, designed by Paul Philippe Cret in the stripped or spare classicism style, was completed in 1937. The four-story building is in the shape of the letter with two courtyards. The interior has a two-story atrium with dual staircases and a skylight etched with the outline of an eagle.
Cret employed nationally recognized artists to complete the ornamentation and furnishing of the building. Sidney Waugh designed the eagle on the front façade, and John Gregory carved bas-reliefs for the exterior entrance on C Street. Numerous railings, gates and fixtures throughout the building were designed by noted wrought-iron craftsman Samuel Yellin. Mural artist Ezra Winter painted a large map of the United States for the Board Room, and sculptor Herbert Adams created memorials to President Woodrow Wilson and Senator Carter Glass to occupy niches in the main lobby. The furniture was produced by W. & J. Sloane of New York.
Please note that all visitors to the Eccles Building must be cleared in advance. Visitor name and social security numbers, or passport numbers with country of origin, must be provided to Smithsonian Associates personnel in advance of participation in this tour.
General Information
- Meet your Associate Rep by the Information Desk inside the Federal Reserve Visitor Center entrance, no later than listed start time.
- While there is metered street parking and several parking lots and garages near the museum, space is limited, your best bet is using METRO.
