Sites tagged "Massachusetts Avenue Historic District": 19
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Patterson House (Washington Club)
The Washington Club (Patterson House) is a neoclassical palace, designed by Stanford White of the famous turn-of-the-century New York architecture firm McKim, Mead and White, completed in 1903.The house was built for Mrs. Robert Patterson of…
Clarence Moore Residence (Old Canadian Embassy)
The Clarence Moore Residence exemplifies the Beaux Arts style of architecture popular at the turn of the century in the houses built on Massachusetts Avenue. The house was built in 1906 for Clarence and Mabel Swift Moore and remained in the…
Robert S. McCormick House (Brazilian Embassy)
Originally owned by Robert S. McCormick and his wife, Katherine, the McCormick House’s distinct architecture and location tuned in to the future of major development along Massachusetts Avenue NW, often referred to as Embassy Row. Robert McCormick…
McCormick Apartments
The McCormick Apartments is a landmark apartment building on Embassy Row whose inhabitants once included Andrew W. Mellon. It consists of four stories, a mansard, and a raised basement. The top-floor apartment commemorates Andrew Mellon's national…
Massachusetts Avenue Historic District
Massachusetts Avenue is a boulevard of grand mansions, row houses, and embassies, affectionately known as "Embassy Row." It is among the finest realizations of L'Enfant's Baroque vision of grand vistas and diagonal avenues. This historic district…
Christian Hauge House (Embassy of the Republic of Cameroon)
Found at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and 24th Street NW, the Christian Hauge House’s intricate architecture is exemplary of the neighborhood’s elegant aesthetic. Designed by George Oakley Totten, Jr. – known for his many designs in the…
Rear Admiral Francis Dupont Memorial Fountain
Located in the center of DuPont Circle, this white marble fountain is the second monument to Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont to exist at this location. The original monument was a bronze statue commissioned by Congress in 1882 and installed…
Emily J. Wilkins House
Built in the Italian Renaissance Revival style for Emily J. Wilkins (widow of Beriah Wilkins, U.S. Congressman and Washington Post publisher), this lavish Beaux Arts mansion served as a family home and elegant space for high-society parties and…
Larz Anderson House (Society of the Cincinnati)
Built for diplomat Larz Anderson and his wife Isabel Weld Perkins Anderson, an author, philanthropist, and heiress to a trading fortune, the Anderson House also served as the temporary residence of many visiting dignitaries.Anderson himself was a…