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The Pentagon is the headquarters for the U.S. Department of Defense. It was constructed to bring all offices of what was then termed the Department of War together into a single building. The Pentagon now contains offices for the departments of the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy, and for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Location: Arlington, Va.--opposite Washington, DC, across the Potomac River.
Building Area: 11.74 hectares (29 acres--One of the largest office buildings in the world).
Surrounding Area: 200 acres of grounds, accomodating roughly 8,770 cars in 16 parking lots.
Architect: George Edwin Bergstrom.
Architectural Style: Stripped Neo-Classical.
Construction: Built by U.S. Army engineers between 1941 to 1943.
Office Space: 3,705,793 square feet--3 times the floorspace of the Empire State Building.
Number of Employees: Approximately 23,000 employees, both military and civilian, work on planning and execution of U.S. defense.
Subway Station: Pentagon Metro.
Number of Stairwells: 131 stairways.
Miles of Corrdior: 17.5.
Number of Clocks: 4,200.
Number of Water Fountains: 691.
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