The Watergate building at 2600 Virginia Avenue is one of two commercial office buildings located within the historic Watergate Complex. Completed in 1967, this building was constructed as phase II of the 4-phase project.
The complex as a whole was designed to be an urban oasis, a "city within a city" where Washington's elite could live, work and relax within the same city block. Aside from being one of the early adopters of mixed-use properties that dominate today's urban planning arena, the Watergate Complex was also among the first in the United States to use computers in its architectural and construction planning, as well as one of the first buildings to use post-tension cabling in its construction.
Most famously, the Watergate Office Building is known for the infamous break-in at the then DNC's national headquarters, which eventually unraveled the scandal which forced President Richard Nixon to resign. The approximately 204,000 square foot building is currently the headquarters to a number of prominent non-profit organizations, commercial entities, and embassies.