1922 State, War and Navy Building Washington, D.C. Postcard

This 1922 postcard features the magnificent State, War and Navy Building in Washington, D.C., now known as the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Completed in 1888, this towering Second Empire masterpiece stands beside the White House and once housed three of the most powerful departments in the U.S. government. 

In this postcard’s gentle hand-tinted colors, the building seems almost theatrical, a grand stage where decisions of war, diplomacy, and national policy once unfolded. Presidents, secretaries, and generals walked these halls during moments that shaped the course of American history.