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Architect: Edward Durell Stone
First Opened: 8th September 1971 (54 years ago)
Website: www.kennedy-center.org 
Telephone: (202) 467-4600 
Address: 2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20566 
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (formally called the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, and commonly referred to as the Kennedy Center) is the United States National Cultural Center, located on the Potomac River, adjacent to the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C.