# OEO Bldg on fire in DC **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 19, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oeo-bldg-on-fire-in-dc/430575 "2007-12-19T15:14:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oeo-bldg-on-fire-in-dc/430575/1 "2007-12-19T15:14:13Z")
Cause unknown. Possibly electrical. Building has been evacuated. The [Old Executive Office (formerly State, War & Navy) Building](http://clinton1.nara.gov/White_House/Tours/OEOB/OEOB.gif) is on the White House grounds. Much of WW2 was waged from there. Historic stuff supposedly inside. The VP has an office there, tho he wasn’t in (it’s not even his usual office). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oeo-bldg-on-fire-in-dc/430575/2 "2007-12-19T15:25:10Z")
News reports say the fire is under control. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oeo-bldg-on-fire-in-dc/430575/3 "2007-12-19T15:25:30Z")
The OEO building? Is that where the Flying Monkeys live? StG ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oeo-bldg-on-fire-in-dc/430575/4 "2007-12-19T15:30:43Z")
What a beautiful building. Here’s to hoping the damage is minimal. Can some architect-type say what style that is? French Provincial perhaps? ETA: Apparently [Second Empire.](http://www.exploredc.org/index.php?id=163) _“Cast iron details throughout the building were designed to serve as decoration as well as fireproofing.”_ You don’t say. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oeo-bldg-on-fire-in-dc/430575/5 "2007-12-19T15:40:39Z")
[QUOTE=StGermain] The OEO building? Is that where the Flying Monkeys live? StG [/QUOTE] Naw, it’s where Morris Day and the Time live. Jungle love…oh ee oh ee oh! ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oeo-bldg-on-fire-in-dc/430575/6 "2007-12-19T15:59:04Z")
Showing my age. I read the thread title and thought “The Office of Economic Opportunity\* still exists?” \*(War On Poverty? Model Cities? The 60’s? Ringing any bells?) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oeo-bldg-on-fire-in-dc/430575/7 "2007-12-19T16:37:11Z")
[Here’s the building in simpler times.](http://www.rd.com/images/content/2007/0704/PresidentalPetsSlides/presPets06.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oeo-bldg-on-fire-in-dc/430575/8 "2007-12-19T16:56:22Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Moto] [Here’s the building in simpler times.](http://www.rd.com/images/content/2007/0704/PresidentalPetsSlides/presPets06.jpg) [/QUOTE] I think that’s the same cow that started the big fire in Chicago. I smell a conspiracy. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oeo-bldg-on-fire-in-dc/430575/9 "2007-12-19T23:05:13Z")
What evidence is Cheney burning now?