Editing Watergate complex (section)

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{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = Watergate
| nrhp_type    =
| image        = WatergateFromAir.JPG
| caption      = Aerial view of the Watergate complex in January 2006
| location     = 2650 [[Virginia Avenue|Virginia Ave.]] NW, [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| locmapin     = United States Washington, D.C. central
| coordinates  = {{coord|38|53|56|N|77|03|15|W|display=inline,title}}
| area         = [[Foggy Bottom]]
| built        = 1963–1971
| architect    = [[Luigi Moretti]], consulting architect;<br />Milton Fischer, associate architect;<br />Boris Timchenko, landscape architect
| architecture = Modern Monument
| added        = October 12, 2005
| refnum       = 05000540<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2006a}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Watergate3.jpg|thumb|Map of the Watergate complex, showing the former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge to the north, the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|Kennedy Center]] to the south, and the [[Potomac River]] to the west.]]
The '''Watergate complex''' is a group of six buildings in the [[Foggy Bottom]] neighborhood of [[Washington, D.C.]], United States. The complex includes a development of [[Housing cooperative|cooperative apartment]] residences. It also includes a hotel and an office building, which was the location of the [[Watergate scandal|Watergate burglary]] on June 17, 1972, which led to the [[Richard Nixon's resignation speech|resignation]] of U.S. president [[Richard Nixon]] two years later, on August 8, 1974 and serves as the basis for the complex's infamy. The complex covers a total of 10 acres (4 ha) just north of the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]].