Fire closes GSA Regional Office Building in DC

By Anagha Srikanth
November 18, 2019 | 7:34 AM

The General Services Administration Regional Office building in Southwest D.C. is closed for the day after a fire early Monday. The building was evacuated around 6 a.m. after the fire was reported on the sixth floor. When firefighters got to the building at 301 7th St. SW, they found the sprinkler system had kept the fire from spreading. The fire has been put out. D.C. Fire & EMS says the whole building was evacuated. There were no injuries.

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National Museum of the American Latino to be housed in historic Smithsonian building

By Neal Augenstein
September 1, 2026 | 10:36 AM

The Smithsonian Institution has decided to put the National Museum of the American Latino into an existing, historic building, rather than constructing a new one. The Smithsonian Board of Regents on Monday designated the Arts and Industries Building, a 145-year-old redbrick Victorian structure located between the Smithsonian Castle and the Hirshhorn Museum, as the permanent site of the National Museum of the American Latino, which Congress authorized in 2020. In 2022, the Smithsonian narrowed its survey for permanent locations for the National Museum of the American Latino and the American Women's History Museum to four locations near the National Mall on land owned by the National Park Service. The Arts and Industries Building, located at 900 Jefferson St. SW, was one of the four sites. New construction on National Park Service land would require congressional approval. However, since the Smithsonian already owns the Arts and Industries Building, the institution can place the National Museum of the American Latino in the existing building without additional legislation.

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