The Pension Office Building: A Massive Washington Brick Edifice
The Pension Office Building in Washington is described as the largest brick structure in the world. Built with 15,500,000 bricks, it spans 400 by 200 feet, four stories high with 175 rooms, and features eight 75 foot columns. Opened in 1885, it memorializes Civil War service and houses pension records and the employees of the Pension Bureau. The building’s corridor held 18,000 people for inaugural balls, and yearly pension disbursements exceed 165 million dollars for about 748,147 pensioners.
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