English: Looking northwest at the southeast corner of the J. Edgar Hoover Building (the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation) at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue NW and 9th Street NW in Washington, D.C., in the United States.

The office building, constructed in the Brutalist style, began construction in 1967 and was completed in 1975. J. Edgar Hoover died on May 2, 1972. On May 4, President Richard Nixon directed the General Services Administration to designate the structure as the J. Edgar Hoover F.B.I. Building. Nixon's order did not have the force of law, however. Congress then enacted legislation formally designating the building as the J. Edgar Hoover Building on October 14. President Nixon signed the legislation into law on October 21, 1972.

This is a modern, steel sign common to all federal buildings in the Washington, D.C., area. Painted black, the sign is clearly damaged. It lists the original name of the building, as designated by President Nixon on May 4, 1974.