";s:4:"text";s:1496:"J. Edgar Hoover joined the Justice Department in 1917 and was named director of the Department’s Bureau of Investigation in 1924. The imposing national headquarters at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue East Street NW was named The J. Edgar Hoover Building in 1974. J. Edgar Hoover's House (former) Hoover was the first Director of the FBI. Edgar' Leonardo DiCaprio said Clint Eastwood gave him advice to play the FBI director. He lived in this house for most of his life and died here in 1972 at the age of 77. J. Edgar Hoover led the FBI for nearly a half-century, from 1924 until 1972. Hoover House is typical of the expansive style of home built for senior mine management in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Nov. 16, 2011— -- J. Edgar Hoover … Who Was J. Edgar Hoover? J. Edgar Hoover Houses: A Vacuum of History John Edgar Hoover was reportedly born at 413 C Street, SE on New Year's Day 1895 in Washington, DC, to Anna Marie (Scheitlin, 1860–1938), who was of German Swiss descent, and Dickerson Naylor Hoover, Sr. (1856–1921), of … DiCaprio on Becoming 'J.