U.S. Department of the Interior (Washington, D.C.)

 office building, ministry / government department, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, 1936_construction, federal government, New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]

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The Department of the Interior (DOI) is the nation's principal conservation agency.

Its major components include the National Park Service which operates recreational facilities and historic sites; the Bureau of Insular Affairs which oversees US trust territories and possessions; Bureau of Indian Affairs which manages tribal lands; Bureau of Land Management which oversees federally owned lands; the Fish & Wildlife Service which protects native plants, animals and their environments; the Office of Surface Mining; the Bureau of Reclamation; the Minerals Management Service and the US Geological Survey.

The building itself, which was formerly known as the Main Interior Building, was constructed in 1936 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was constructed with assistance from the Public Works Administration (PWA), a New Deal program that operated during the Great Depression between 1933 and 1944. The program provided funds to private contractors to build large-scale projects proposed by states as a means of economic stimulus.