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{{About|the section of Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C.}}
[[File:2201-2209 Massachusetts Avenue, NW.JPG|thumb|Private residences and embassies located on Massachusetts Avenue between 22nd Street and [[Sheridan Circle]]]] 
'''Embassy Row''' is the informal name for a section of [[Northwest (Washington, D.C.)|Northwest]] [[Washington, D.C.]], with a high concentration of [[embassy|embassies]], [[diplomatic mission]]s, and diplomatic residences.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=International Embassies in Washington, DC {{!}} Washington DC |url=https://washington.org/visit-dc/international-embassies-in-washington-dc |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=washington.org |language=en}}</ref> It spans [[Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.)|Massachusetts Avenue N.W.]] between [[18th Street NW|18th]] and [[35th Street (Washington, D.C.)|35th street]], bounded by [[Scott Circle]] to the south and the [[United States Naval Observatory]] to the north; the term is often applied to nearby streets and neighborhoods that also host diplomatic buildings, such as [[Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District|Kalorama]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=EMBASSY ROW |url=https://www.washingtonwalks.com/tours/embassy-row |website=Washington Walks |access-date=2022-03-25 |archive-date=2023-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304024502/https://www.washingtonwalks.com/tours/embassy-row |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

Of the [[List of diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C.|177 diplomatic missions in the city]], the majority are located on or near Embassy Row, including those of Italy, Australia, India, Greece, Egypt, Ireland, Japan, and the United Kingdom.<ref name=":0" /> Due to the large number of well-preserved [[Gilded Age]] estates and townhouses, many of which house diplomatic missions or dignitaries, Embassy Row has been protected as part of the Massachusetts Avenue Historic District. Its historic and multicultural character has also made the area a center of tourism and local cultural life.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}

==History==
Considered Washington's premier residential address in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Massachusetts Avenue became known for its numerous mansions housing the city's social and political elites. Consequently, the segment between [[Scott Circle]] and [[Sheridan Circle]] gained the nickname "[[Millionaires' Row]]".

The [[Great Depression]] of 1929 led many to sell their homes; the often illustrious and expansive estates were well-suited for housing diplomatic missions as well as lodges of social clubs, giving Embassy Row its present name and identity. The relocation to Embassy Row of diplomatic representations, many of which had been established in [[Meridian Hill Park|Meridian Hill]] in previous decades, was further catalyzed by the construction of the [[British Embassy in Washington D.C.|British Embassy]], commissioned in 1925 and completed in 1930, and the [[Embassy of Japan in Washington D.C.|Japanese Embassy]], built in 1931. The greatest number of embassies and chanceries moved to Embassy Row and the neighboring Kalorama neighborhood in the 1940s and early 1950s.<ref name=Traceries>{{cite web|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District|date=1989|url={{NRHP url|id=89001743}}|author=Emily Hotaling Eig and Julie Mueller, Traceries}}</ref>

On the southeastern section of the row, between Scott Circle and [[Dupont Circle]], many individual houses and mansions were replaced by larger office or apartment buildings between the 1930s and the 1970s. More recently, several prominent [[think tank]]s have clustered in that area, which has occasionally been referred to as [[Think Tank Row (Washington DC)|Think Tank Row]].

Many of Embassy Row's diplomatic buildings open to the public once a year in May, an initiative nicknamed Passport DC. This event was started in 2007 by the embassies of member states of the [[European Union]], and extended in 2008 to other countries around the world under coordination by [[Cultural Tourism DC]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Passport DC Still Opening Doors — And Not Just to Embassies|url=http://www.washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8334:passport-dc-still-opening-doors--and-not-just-to-embassies&catid=1486:may-2012&Itemid=499|date=May 2012|website=The Washington Diplomat}}</ref> Within this program, the EU embassies still open on a separate day, labelled EU Open House. A separate program, the Embassy Series, started in 1994 and coordinates concerts organized in the embassy buildings.<ref>{{cite web|website= The Embassy Series|url=http://www.embassyseries.org/about-the-embassy-series/|title=About Us}}</ref>

Embassy Row is protected as the [[Massachusetts Avenue Historic District (Washington, D.C.)|Massachusetts Avenue Historic District]], created in 1974 following controversy about the demolition of historic townhouses on 1722-28 Massachusetts Ave NW.<ref>{{cite web|website=District of Columbia |title=Massachusetts Avenue Historic District brochure |date=2000 |url=http://planning.dc.gov/OP/HP/District%20Brochure%20pdfs%204.1.2/Massachusetts_Ave_Brochure.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426232557/http://planning.dc.gov/OP/HP/District%20Brochure%20pdfs%204.1.2/Massachusetts_Ave_Brochure.pdf |archive-date=2014-04-26 }}</ref> Many of its notable buildings are listed in the DC Inventory of Historic Sites.<ref>{{cite web|website=District of Columbia |url=http://planning.dc.gov/DC/Planning/Historic+Preservation/Maps+and+Information/Landmarks+and+Districts/Inventory+of+Historic+Sites |title=DC Inventory of Historic Sites |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228165206/http://planning.dc.gov/DC/Planning/Historic+Preservation/Maps+and+Information/Landmarks+and+Districts/Inventory+of+Historic+Sites |archive-date=2013-12-28 }}</ref> Because few historic buildings remain on Scott Circle, the eastern boundary of the Historic District was set on 17th Street NW, but, since three embassies are located there and none farther east, Scott Circle is included in this article's definition of Embassy Row. The Western boundary used here is identical to that of the Historic District, namely Observatory Circle. However, some (e.g. real estate professionals) describe Embassy Row as extending as far west as [[Wisconsin Avenue|Wisconsin Avenue NW]].

== From Scott Circle to Sheridan Circle ==

This section of Massachusetts Avenue was the one known as the "Millionaires' Row" of Washington, D.C., in the late 19th and early 20th century.

'''North Side'''
* 1499 Massachusetts Ave NW: Post Massachusetts Avenue apartment building (arch. [[Esocoff & Associates]], 2002)
* 1515 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] building (arch. [[Faulkner, Fryer and Vanderpool]], 1956), now [[Embassy of Tunisia in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Tunisia]]
* 1500 Rhode Island Ave NW: [[Brodhead-Bell-Morton Mansion]], now the [[Embassy of Hungary in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Hungary]] (arch. [[John Fraser (architect)|John Fraser]], 1879; remodeled by [[John Russell Pope]], 1912)
* 1 Scott Circle NW: General Scott Apartments (arch. [[Robert O. Sholz]], 1942)<ref>{{cite book|title=Washington Itself: An Informal Guide to the Capital of the United States|url=https://archive.org/details/washingtonitself00appl|url-access=registration|author=E.J. Applewhite|date=1981}}</ref>
* 1601 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Embassy of Australia, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Australia]] (arch. [[Bates Smart|Bates, Smart & McCutcheon]], 1965)
* 1617 Massachusetts Ave NW: Daniel C. Stapleton House (arch. [[Clarke Waggaman]], 1917), now annex of the [[Embassy of the Philippines, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of the Philippines]]
* 1619 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Forest Industries Telecommunications|Forest Industries]] building (arch. [[Keyes, Lesbridge & Condon]], 1961), now Benjamin T. Rome Building of [[Johns Hopkins University]]
* 1625 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Air Line Pilots Association, International|Airline Pilots Association]] building (arch. [[Vlastimil Koubek]], 1972), now also Washington campus of [[Carey Business School|Johns Hopkins Carey Business School]]
* 1701 Massachusetts Ave NW: The Bay State apartment building (arch. [[Robert O. Sholz]], 1939)<ref>{{cite web|website=Emporis|title=The Bay State Apartments|url=http://www.emporis.com/building/the-bay-state-apartments-washington-dc-usa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414150116/http://www.emporis.com/building/the-bay-state-apartments-washington-dc-usa|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref>
* 1711 Massachusetts Ave NW: Boston House apartment building (arch. [[Berla & Abel]], 1950)<ref>{{cite web|website=District of Columbia |title=Modernism in Washington brochure |date=2009 |url=http://planning.dc.gov/OP/HP/Citywide%20Heritage%20Brochure%20pdfs/Modernism_Brochure.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426233957/http://planning.dc.gov/OP/HP/Citywide%20Heritage%20Brochure%20pdfs/Modernism_Brochure.pdf |archive-date=2014-04-26 }}</ref>
* 1717 Massachusetts Ave NW: Bernstein-[[Morris W. Offit|Offit]] building of [[Johns Hopkins University]]; the upper two floors used to host the embassy of the [[German Democratic Republic]] (arch. [[Cooper & Auerback]], 1964)<ref>{{cite book|page=127|author=Paul K. Williams|title=Images of America: The Neighborhoods of Logan, Scott, and Thomas Circles|date=2001|publisher=Arcadia Publishing}}</ref>
* 1727 Massachusetts Ave NW: The Winthrop apartment building (arch. [[Alvin L. Aubinoe]], 1940)<ref>{{cite web|website=Emporis|title=Winthrop House|url=http://www.emporis.com/building/winthrophouse-washington-dc-usa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414161525/http://www.emporis.com/building/winthrophouse-washington-dc-usa|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref>
* 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Brookings Institution]] main building (arch. [[Faulkner, Kingsbury & Stenhouse]], 1960)
* 1779 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]] (arch. [[SmithGroupJJR|Smith, Hinchman & Gryll]], 1989), also hosting the [[Embassy of Papua New Guinea in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Papua New Guinea]]
* 1789 Massachusetts Ave NW (numbered 1785 until 2016): [[Andrew Mellon Building|McCormick Apartments]] (arch. [[Jules Henri de Sibour]], 1917), now [[American Enterprise Institute]]
* 1801 Massachusetts Ave NW: Herbert Wadsworth House (arch. George Cary, 1902), now the [[Sulgrave Club]]
* 15 Dupont Circle NW: [[Patterson Mansion|Robert W. Patterson House]] (arch. [[Stanford White]], 1902), now Ampeer Dupont Circle apartments
* 11 Dupont Circle NW: office building (1974), home of the [[Peterson Institute for International Economics]] until 2001
* 1500 New Hampshire Ave NW: [[The Dupont Circle Hotel|Dupont Circle Hotel]] (1950)
* 1501 Connecticut Ave NW: commercial building (1923), now [[Starbucks Coffee]]
* 1913 Massachusetts Ave NW: Dupont Circle Branch of the [[Riggs Bank|Riggs National Bank]] (arch. [[George Nicholas Ray]], 1923), now [[PNC Financial Services|PNC]]<ref>{{cite web|website=DC Historic Preservation Office|title=Application for Historic Landmark, B.F.Saul Building|url=http://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/925%2015th%20Street%20NW%20-%20B.F.%20Saul%20Building_0.pdf|date=October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111800/http://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/925%2015th%20Street%20NW%20-%20B.F.%20Saul%20Building_0.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-04}}</ref>
* 2001 Massachusetts Ave NW: apartment house (arch. [[Gertrude Sawyer]], 1935), now [[Lajos Kossuth|Kossuth House]] of the [[Hungarian Reformed Federation of America]] (1935)
* 2007 Massachusetts Ave NW: Horace A. Taylor House (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1901)<ref>{{cite book|title=Sixteen Street Architecture|author1=Sue A. Kohler|author2=Jeffrey R. Carson|publisher=U.S. Commission of Fine Arts|date=1988|url=https://archive.org/stream/sixteenthstreeta02kohl/sixteenthstreeta02kohl_djvu.txt}}</ref>
* 2009 Massachusetts Ave NW: Hershell Main House, later [[Alice Roosevelt Longworth]] house (built 1881, front rebuilt 1910), now the [[Washington Legal Foundation]]
* 2015 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Embassy Row Hotel]], rebranded ''The Ven Embassy Row'' in late 2020 (arch. [[Fischer and Elmore]], 1971)
* 2025 Massachusetts Ave NW: Samuel M. Bryan House (arch. [[W. Bruce Gray]], 1885), now the Urban Alliance Foundation
* 2027 Massachusetts Ave NW: House (1911), now the [[Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism]]<ref>{{cite web|website=Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism|url=http://rac.org/aboutrac/rachistory/|title=The History of 2027 Massachusetts Avenue (RAC's building)}}</ref>
* 1600 21st Street NW: D. Clinch Phillips House (arch. [[Hornblower & Marshall]], 1897), now the [[Phillips Collection]]
* 2107 Massachusetts Ave NW: T. Morris Murray House (1901), now [[Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of India]]
* 2121 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Townsend House (Washington DC)|Richard T. Townsend House]] (arch. [[Carrère and Hastings]], 1901), now the [[Cosmos Club]]
* 2131 Massachusetts Ave NW: George W. Barrie House (arch. [[Marsh & Peter]], 1905), now [[Embassy of Estonia, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Estonia]]<ref name=Traceries />
* 2201 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Miller House (Washington, D.C.)|Frederick A. Miller House]] (arch. [[Paul J. Pelz]], 1901)
* 2203 Massachusetts Ave NW: Emeline D. Lovett House (arch. Alexander Millar, 1890)<ref name=Traceries />
* [[2205 Massachusetts Avenue|2205 Massachusetts Ave NW]]: Anna Jenness-Miller House (arch. [[Waddy Butler Wood|Waddy Wood]], 1920), now the [[National Society Daughters of the American Colonists]]<ref name=Traceries />
* 2207 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (arch. [[Louis D. Meline]], 1902),<ref name=Meline/> now [[Embassy of Turkmenistan in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Turkmenistan]]<ref name=Traceries />
* 2209 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (arch. [[Nathan C. Wyeth|Wyeth & Cresson]], 1911), now [[Embassy of Paraguay in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Paraguay]]
* 2211 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Philip Sheridan|Irene Rucker Sheridan]] House (arch. [[Waddy Butler Wood|Wood, Donn & Deming]], 1904)
* 2217 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Embassy of Greece in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Greece]] (arch. [[Angelos Demetriou]], 2006)
* 2221 Massachusetts Ave NW: Hennen Jennings House (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1906), now residence of the [[Embassy of Greece in Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of Greece]]

'''South Side'''
* 1500 Massachusetts Ave NW: 1500 Massachusetts apartment building (1952)
* 1616 Rhode Island Ave NW: [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] (arch. Hickok Cole, 2013)
* 1600 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Embassy of the Philippines, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of the Philippines]] (1993)
* 1700 Massachusetts Ave NW: Emily J. Wilkins House (arch. [[Jules Henri de Sibour]], 1909), now [[Embassy of Peru in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Peru]]
* 1708 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Henry Coffin Nevins|Henry C. Nevins]] House (arch. [[Harvey L. Page]], 1891),<ref>{{cite web|website=D.C. Office of Planning |title=DC Architects Directory: Harvey Linsley Page |date=2010 |url=https://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/Architects%20Bios%20P%20and%20S.pdf}}</ref> now [[Embassy of Trinidad and Tobago in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Trinidad and Tobago]]
* 1720 Massachusetts Ave NW: town house, now [[Stephanie Tubbs Jones]] building of the [[Congressional Black Caucus Foundation]]
* 1724 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Embassy of Colombia, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Colombia]] (1981)
* 1732 Massachusetts Ave NW: J.C. McGuire House (arch. [[Glenn Brown (architect)|Glenn Brown]], 1889), now [[Embassy of Chile in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Chile]]
* 1736 Massachusetts Ave NW: now Consular section of the [[Embassy of Chile in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Chile]]
* 1740 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies]] (1962)
* 1746 Massachusetts Ave NW: Clarence Moore House (arch. [[Jules Henri de Sibour]], 1909), now [[Embassy of Uzbekistan, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Uzbekistan]]
* 1750 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Peterson Institute for International Economics]] (arch. [[James von Klemperer]] for [[Kohn Pedersen Fox]], 2001)
* 1776 Massachusetts Ave NW: office building (1969)
* 1780 Massachusetts Ave NW: Ingalls House (arch. [[Jules Henri de Sibour]], 1912), now office of the President of the [[Brookings Institution]] 
* 1800 Massachusetts Ave NW: office building (1979), now the [[Service Employees International Union]]
* 1369 Connecticut Ave NW: [[U.S. Trust|U.S. Trust Company]] building (arch. [[Jules Henri de Sibour]], 1912), now [[SunTrust Banks|SunTrust]] branch<ref>{{cite web|website=The House History Man|url=http://househistoryman.blogspot.com/2012/04/lost-found-washington-hopkins-miller.html|title=Lost & Found Washington: The Hopkins-Miller Houses on Dupont Circle|date=April 9, 2012}}</ref>
* 1350 Connecticut Ave NW: [[Dupont Circle Building]] (arch. [[Mihran Mesrobian]], 1931)
* 21 Dupont Circle NW: Euram Building (arch. [[Hartman-Cox]], 1972)<ref>{{cite web|website=SAH Archipedia|title=Euram Building|url=http://sah-archipedia.org/detail%2Fcontent%2Fentries%2FDC-01-DU03.xml?q=type%3A%22open%20spaces%22|access-date=2014-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925103158/http://sah-archipedia.org/detail%2Fcontent%2Fentries%2FDC-01-DU03.xml?q=type%3A%22open%20spaces%22|archive-date=2015-09-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1 Dupont Circle NW: office building (arch. [[Vlastimil Koubek]], 1968), now the [[American Council on Education]]
* 2000 P Street NW: The Toronto apartment building (arch. [[Albert H. Beers]], 1908)
* 2000 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[James G. Blaine Mansion]] (arch. [[John Fraser (architect)|George Fraser]], 1881), now [[John R. Phillips (attorney)|Phillips & Cohen LLP]]
* 2012 Massachusetts Ave NW: Joseph Beale House (arch. [[Glenn Brown (architect)|Glenn Brown]], 1897), now [[Portuguese Embassy, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Portugal]]
* 2020 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Walsh Mansion|Walsh-McLean House]] (arch. Henry Andersen, 1903), now [[Embassy of Indonesia in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Indonesia]]
* 2100 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[The Fairfax at Embassy Row|Fairfax Hotel]] (arch. [[B. Stanley Simmons]], 1927)
* 2118 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Larz Anderson House]] (arch. [[Arthur Little (architect)|Arthur Little]] & [[Herbert W. C. Browne]], 1905), now [[Society of the Cincinnati]]
* 2122 Massachusetts Ave NW: State House apartment building (arch. Matthew G. Lepley, 1951)<ref>{{cite web|website=D.C. Office of Planning |title=DC Architects Directory: Matthew G. Lepley |url=https://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/Architects%20Bios%20J%20and%20L.pdf |date=2010}}</ref>
* 2200 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Alexander Stewart (American politician)|Alexander Stewart]] House (arch. [[Jules Henri de Sibour]], 1909), now [[Embassy of Luxembourg, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Luxembourg]]<ref name=Traceries />
* 2202 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (1914), now office of the [[Military attaché|Defense Attaché]] of the [[Turkish Embassy, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Turkey]]
* 2208 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (arch. [[Louis D. Meline]], 1900),<ref name=Meline/> now [[Embassy of Togo in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Togo]]
* 2210 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (arch. [[Louis D. Meline]], 1901),<ref name=Meline/> now [[Embassy of Sudan in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Sudan]]
* 2212 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (arch. [[Louis D. Meline]], 1898)<ref name=Traceries />
* 2214-16 Massachusetts Ave NW: twin townhouses (arch. [[George Nicholas Ray]], 1931)
* 2220 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (arch. [[George Nicholas Ray]], 1914), now [[Embassy of the Bahamas in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of the Bahamas]]
* 2228 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]] & Laussat Roger, 1903), now office of the [[Military attaché|Defense and Military Attaché]] of the [[Embassy of Greece in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Greece]]<ref>{{cite web|website=Living Places|url=http://www.livingplaces.com/people/george-oakley-totten.html|title=George Oakley Totten}}</ref>
* 2230 Massachusetts Ave NW: James C. Hooe House (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1907)
* 2232 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (1900), now Economic and Commercial Bureau of the [[Embassy of Egypt in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Egypt]]
* 2234 Massachusetts Ave NW: Henrietta M. Halliday House (arch. [[William Penn Cresson]]), 1908), now [[Embassy of Ireland in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Ireland]]
* 1607 23rd St NW: Frank Ellis House (arch. [[Carrère and Hastings]], 1907), now [[Romanian Embassy, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Romania]]

== From Sheridan Circle to Observatory Circle ==

'''North Side'''
* 2223 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[American Society of International Law]] (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1907)
* 2225 R St NW: [[Embassy of Armenia, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Armenia]]
* 2249 R St NW: C. Peyton Russell House (arch. [[Nathan C. Wyeth]], 1908), now [[Embassy of Kenya in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Kenya]]
* 2251 R St NW: [[Frederick Keep Monument|Frederick A. Keep]] House (arch. [[Nathan C. Wyeth]], 1906), now residence of the [[Embassy of Vietnam, Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of Vietnam]]
* 2253 R St NW: [[Charles Lane Fitzhugh|Charles L. Fitzhugh]] House (arch. [[Waddy Butler Wood|Waddy Wood]], 1904), now residence of the [[Embassy of the Philippines, Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of the Philippines]]
* 2301 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Joseph Beale House]] (arch. [[Glenn Brown (architect)|Glenn Brown]], 1909), now residence of the [[Embassy of Egypt in Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of Egypt]]
* 2305 Massachusetts Ave NW: Sarah S. Wyeth House (arch. [[Nathan C. Wyeth]], 1909), now residence of the [[Embassy of Chile in Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of Chile]]
* 2311 Massachusetts Ave NW: Gibson Fahnestock House (arch. [[Nathan C. Wyeth]], 1910), embassy of the [[Republic of China]] from 1952 to 1978,<ref>{{cite news|author1=Dickey, Christopher|title=Third Embassy Property Relinquished by Taiwan|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1978/12/29/third-embassy-property-relinquished-by-taiwan/4f5a5b53-88e1-443e-a4b1-3fa2f4d78586/|access-date=November 14, 2015|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=December 12, 1978}}</ref> now [[Embassy of Haiti in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Haiti]]
* 2315 Massachusetts Ave NW: Francis B. Moran House (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1909), formerly embassy of Persia/[[Iran]] (1935–43) then [[Embassy of Pakistan, Washington, D.C.|embassy of Pakistan]] (1951–2011)
* 2339 Massachusetts Ave NW: Wendell Mansions apartment building (arch. [[Edward Hughes Glidden]], 1906)
* 2343 Massachusetts Ave NW: Former chancery of the embassy of Austria (arch. [[George Nicholas Ray]], 1930), now [[Embassy of Croatia, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Croatia]]<ref>{{cite web|website=Austrian Embassy|title=Austria's Chanceries and Residences in Washington|author=Sigurd Pacher|url=http://www.austria.org/chanceries-residences/}}</ref>
* 2349 Massachusetts Ave NW: Christian Hauge House (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1906), later embassy of [[Czechoslovakia]] (1929–72) and now [[Embassy of Cameroon, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Cameroon]]
* 2347 S Street NW: Owsley House (arch. [[Ward Brown]], 1929), now [[Residence of the Ambassador of the Netherlands in Washington D.C.|residence of the Ambassador of the Netherlands]]<ref name=Traceries />
* 2401 Massachusetts Ave NW: Former chancery of the Embassy of Malaysia (1969), now [[Embassy of Chad in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Chad]]
* 2419 Massachusetts Ave NW: Louis Arthur Coolidge House (arch. [[William Penn Cresson]] & [[Nathan C. Wyeth]], 1906), now [[Embassy of Zambia, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Zambia]]
* 2433 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Harry Wardman]] House (arch. [[Mihran Mesrobian]], 1934), now [[Embassy of the Marshall Islands in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of the Marshall Islands]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://washingtonembassygardens.wordpress.com/2013/12/22/wardman-and-the-british-embassy//|author=Julia Blakely|date=December 22, 2013|title=Wardman and the British Embassy|website=washingtonembassygardens.wordpress.com}}</ref>
* 2443 Massachusetts Ave NW: Residence of the [[Embassy of Venezuela, Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of Venezuela]] (arch. [[Chester A. Patterson]], 1939)
* 2501 Massachusetts Ave NW: C.H. Harlow House (arch. [[Waddy Butler Wood|Waddy Wood]], 1916), later home of [[Robert A. Taft]]<ref>{{cite web|website=Philadelphia Architects & Buildings|title=CH Harlow House|url=https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/pr_display.cfm/1131703}}</ref>
* 2511 Massachusetts Ave NW: house (1942), now [[Embassy of Lesotho in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Lesotho]]
* 2525 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Turkish Embassy, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Turkey]] (arch. [[Shalom Baranes Associates]], 1999)
* 2535 Massachusetts Ave NW: house (1953), now [[Embassy of Belize in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Belize]]
* 2551 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Islamic Center of Washington]] (arch. [[Mario Rossi (architect)|Mario Rossi]] in association with Irwin S. Porter & Sons, 1957)
* 2929 Massachusetts Ave NW: Maie H. Williams House (arch. [[Clarke Waggaman]], 1918)<ref>{{cite web|website=SAH Archipedia|url=http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/DC-01-NW50|title=Count Laszlo and Countess Gladys Vanderbilt Széchényi House (Maie H. Williams House)|date=16 July 2018}}</ref>
* 3003 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Alanson B. Houghton]] House (arch. [[Frederick H. Brooke]], 1935), former residence of the [[Former Embassy of Iran in Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of Iran]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://washingtonembassygardens.wordpress.com/2013/12/22/frederick-h-brooke/|author=Julia Blakely|date=December 22, 2013|title=Frederick H. Brooke|website=washingtonembassygardens.wordpress.com}}</ref>
* 3005 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Former Embassy of Iran in Washington, D.C.|former Embassy of Iran]] (1959)
* 3051 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Embassy of South Africa, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of South Africa]] (1936, expanded 1964)
* 3301 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Embassy of Finland, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Finland]] (arch. [[Mikko Heikkinen]] and [[Markku Komonen]], 1994)
* 3339 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Apostolic Nunciature to the United States|Embassy of the Holy See]] (arch. [[Frederick V. Murphy]], 1938)
* 3401 Massachusetts Ave NW: Residence of the [[Embassy of Norway in Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of Norway]] (arch. [[John J. Whelan]], 1931)
* 3415 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Joseph W. Babcock]] House (arch. [[Arthur B. Heaton]], 1912), now [[Embassy of Cape Verde in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Cape Verde]] and [[Embassy of Timor-Leste in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Timor-Leste]]
* 3417 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Soka Gakkai International]]-USA Buddhist Center (arch. [[William Hellmuth]], 2008)<ref>{{cite web|website=Soka Gakkai International |url=http://www.sgi.org/news/events/events2008/events080625.html |date=June 25, 2008 |title=Newly Completed SGI-USA Washington, D.C., Culture Center Opening on "Embassy Row" }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* 3421 Massachusetts Ave NW: house (1927), now [[Embassy of Iraq, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Iraq]]

'''South Side'''
* 1606 23rd St NW: Edward H. Everett House (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1914), now residence of the [[Turkish Embassy, Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of Turkey]]
* 2304 Massachusetts Ave NW: house (arch. [[Louis D. Meline]], 1901),<ref name=Meline>{{cite web|website=D.C. Office of Planning |title=DC Architects Directory: Louis D. Meline |date=2010 |url=https://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/Architects%20Bios%20M%20and%20O.pdf}}</ref> now part of the Embassy of Latvia
* 2306 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Alice Pike Barney]] House (arch. [[Waddy Butler Wood|Waddy Wood]], 1902), now [[Embassy of Latvia in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Latvia]]
* 2320 Massachusetts Ave NW: detached house (arch. [[Frank Russell White]], 1918), now Consular section of the [[Embassy of South Korea in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of South Korea]]
* 2324 Massachusetts Ave NW: town house (arch. [[Louis D. Meline]], 1902),<ref name=Meline/> now annex of the [[Embassy of Greece in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Greece]] 
* 2328 Massachusetts Ave NW: town house (arch. [[Edward W. Donn Jr.|Donn]] and Deming, 1922)
* 2332-38 Massachusetts Ave NW: row of four townhouses (arch. [[Nicholas T. Haller]], 1899)<ref name=Traceries />
* 2340 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (1914), now [[Embassy of Burkina Faso in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Burkina Faso]]
* 2344 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[George Wallace William Hanger]] House (arch. [[William James Palmer]], 1907)<ref>{{citation|title=NRHP Registration Form - Chapel of the Incarnation, Brandywine MD|page=8:7|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se5/019000/019400/019401/pdf/msa_se5_19401.pdf|date=2000}}</ref>
* 2346 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[George Cabot Lodge]] House (arch. [[Waddy Butler Wood|Wood, Donn & Deming]], 1905)<ref>{{cite web|website=Philadelphia Architects & Buildings|title=George Cabot Lodge House|url=https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/pr_display.cfm/1131698}}</ref>
* 2360 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (arch. [[William James Palmer]], 1911), now [[Embassy of Kyrgyzstan in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Kyrgyzstan]]
* 2370 Massachusetts Ave NW: Alice W.B. Stanley House (arch. [[Smith & Edwards]], 1930), now Korean Cultural Center<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sah-archipedia.org/Architects/Smith-and-Edwards|website=SAH Archipedia|title=Smith and Edwards}}</ref>
* 2374 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (1921), now [[Embassy of Madagascar in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Madagascar]]
* 2406 Massachusetts Ave NW: Nellie and Isabelle Sedgeley House (arch. [[Nathan C. Wyeth]], 1911), now Cultural Office of the [[Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of the UAE]]<ref name="Traceries"/>
* 2408 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Granville Roland Fortescue]] House (arch. [[Nathan C. Wyeth]], 1911), now [[Embassy of Malawi in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Malawi]]
* 2412: Frederick Atherton House (arch. [[Nathan C. Wyeth]] and Francis P. Sullivan, 1930) 
* 2424 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Embassy of Cote d'Ivoire in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Cote d'Ivoire]] (arch. [[Wanchul Lee]], 2004)
* 2432 Massachusetts Ave NW: house (1951), now residence of the [[Embassy of Algeria in Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of Algeria]]
* 2440 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Mason Remey|Charles Mason Remey]] House (arch. [[Smith & Edwards]], c. 1930), now [[Permanent mission of Mexico to the OAS]]
* 2450 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Embassy of South Korea in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of South Korea]] (arch. [[Robert Schofield Morris|Marani & Morris]], [[Waldron Faulkner|Faulkner, Kingsbury and Stenhouse]], 1953)<ref name=korea>{{cite news | url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1953-09-24/ed-1/seq-24/#date1=1756&index=7&rows=20&words=2450+Massachusetts&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=%222450+Massachusetts%22&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 | title=A Diplomatic Loophole in Zoning Law | work=The Evening Star | date=September 24, 1953 | accessdate=January 4, 2025 | pages=A-24}}</ref>
* 2500 Massachusetts Ave NW: apartment house (arch. Louis E. Sholtes, 1922)<ref>{{cite book|author=James M. Goode|title=Best Addresses: A Century of Washington's Distinguished Apartment Houses|page=222|publisher=Smithsonian|date=1988}}</ref>
* 2516 Massachusetts Ave NW: Old Ambassador's Residence of the [[Embassy of Japan in Washington D.C.|Embassy of Japan]] (arch. [[William Adams Delano|Delano]] & [[Chester Holmes Aldrich|Aldrich]], 1931)
* 2520 Massachusetts Ave NW:  Chancery of the [[Embassy of Japan in Washington D.C.|Embassy of Japan]] (arch. Robert B. Anderson, 1986)
* 2536 Massachusetts Ave NW:  Chancery Annex of the [[Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of India]] (1954)
* 2540 Massachusetts Ave NW: The Army and Navy apartment house (arch. Harry L. Edwards, 1925)<ref>{{cite book|author=James M. Goode|title=Best Addresses: A Century of Washington's Distinguished Apartment Houses|page=235|publisher=Smithsonian|date=1988}}</ref>
* 2558 Massachusetts Ave NW: Spanish Mission to the [[Organization of American States]] (1926)
* 3000 Whitehaven St NW: [[Italian Embassy, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Italy]] (arch. [[Piero Sartogo]], 2000)
* 3025 Whitehaven St NW: [[Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Sri Lanka]]
* 3200 Whitehaven St NW: [[Embassy of Denmark in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Denmark]] (1960) 
* 3000 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[McCormick House (Washington, D.C.)|Robert S. McCormick House]] (arch. [[John Russell Pope]], 1928), now residence of the [[Embassy of Brazil, Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of Brazil]]
* 3006 Massachusetts Ave NW:  [[Embassy of Brazil, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Brazil]] (arch. [[Olavo Redig de Campos]], 1971)
* 3014 Massachusetts Ave NW: house (1941), now [[Embassy of Bolivia in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Bolivia]]
* 3100 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[British Embassy, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of the United Kingdom]] (arch. [[Edwin Lutyens]], 1931); chancery building (arch. Eric Bedford) added in the late 1950s. 
* 3450 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[United States Naval Observatory]]

==Statuary==

The monumental setting of the Row has favored the erection of many memorials and statues. They are erected either on private grounds, many of them by the embassies to showcase a prominent national figure, or on public (federal) land following an [[Act of Congress]], including the successive Circles and several triangular parks created by the intersections between the diagonal avenue and the [[L'Enfant Plan]] grid. A special case is the [[Statue of Winston Churchill (Washington, D.C.)|statue of Winston Churchill]], which has one foot on the grounds of the [[British Embassy, Washington|British Embassy]] and the other on federal land to symbolize the UK-US alliance.<ref>{{cite web|website=dcMemorials.com|url=http://www.dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0001472.htm|title=CHURCHILL, Winston: Statue at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C.|access-date=2014-05-03|archive-date=2011-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819015318/http://www.dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0001472.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* [[Samuel Hahnemann Monument]] on the eastern side of [[Scott Circle]], by [[Charles Henry Niehaus]] (1900)
* [[Brevet Lt. General Winfield Scott|Equestrian statue of Winfield Scott]], by [[Henry Kirke Brown]] (1874)
* the [[Daniel Webster Memorial]], by [[Gaetano Trentanove]] (1900)
* a modern bust of [[Miguel Grau Seminario|Miguel Grau]] in front of the [[Embassy of Peru in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Peru]] (2011)
* a [[Bust of Bernardo O'Higgins (Washington, D.C.)|bust of Bernardo O'Higgins]] by [[Galvarino Ponce Morel]], in front of the [[Embassy of Chile in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Chile]] (2009)
* the [[Dupont Circle Fountain]], by [[Daniel Chester French]] (1920)
* a statue of Hindu goddess [[Saraswati]] by a [[Bali]]nese sculpting team, on the grounds of the [[Embassy of Indonesia in Washington, D.C.|Indonesian Embassy]], with a group of three children including a young [[Barack Obama]] in front (2013)<ref>{{cite web|website=HuffingtonPost|author=Mike Ghouse|title=Goddess Saraswati Statue With Barack Obama Symbolizes Relationship Between Indonesia and the U.S.|date=June 19, 2013|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/goddess-saraswati-statue-_b_3460615.html}}</ref>
* the [[Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (Washington, D.C.)|Mahatma Gandhi Memorial]] by [[Gautam Pal]], in front of the [[Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.|Indian Embassy]] (2000)
* a bronze cast of [[George Washington (Houdon)|George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon]], in front of the [[Society of the Cincinnati]] (2008). (This statue was moved away in June 2020.<ref>{{cite web|website=Popville|url=https://www.popville.com/2020/07/society-of-the-cincinnati-appears-to-have-removed-their-george-washington-statue-from-mass-ave/|title=Society of the Cincinnati appears to have removed their George Washington Statue from Mass. Ave|author=Prince Of Petworth|date=2 July 2020}}</ref>)
* the [[Statue of Tomas Masaryk (Washington DC)|statue of Tomas Masaryk]], by [[Vincenc Makovský]] (1937, cast 1968, erected 2002)
* a copy in reduced size of the 1969 bronze statue of [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] by Yannis Pappas, now in Freedom Park in Athens, erected in front of the [[Embassy of Greece in Washington, D.C.|Greek Embassy]] (2009)
* the statue of [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]] by Jeffery L. Hall, in front of the [[Turkish Embassy, Washington, D.C.|Turkish Ambassador]]'s residence (2013)<ref>{{cite web|website=National Geographic NewsWatch|author=Bulent Atalay|url=http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/12/10/a-defining-statue-of-ataturk/|title=A Defining Statue of Ataturk|date=December 10, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Equestrian statue of Philip Sheridan (Washington, D.C.)|Equestrian statue of Philip Sheridan]], by [[Gutzon Borglum]] (1908)
* the [[Statue of Soh Jaipil|statue of Philip Jaisohn]] in front of the [[Embassy of South Korea in Washington, D.C.|South Korean Consular Section]], by [[Jae-kil Lee]] (2008)
* a bust of [[Orlando Letelier]] commemorating his [[Assassination of Orlando Letelier|assassination]], by [[Barry Woods Johnston]], in front of the residence of the [[Embassy of Chile in Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of Chile]] (2018)<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Washington Post|title=A Chilean and American monument to Pinochet bombing victims rises in Washington|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-chilean-and-american-monument-to-pinochet-bombing-victims-rises-in-washington/2018/02/25/145462da-1a4c-11e8-9de1-147dd2df3829_story.html|author=Michael Laris|date=February 26, 2018}}</ref>
* the [[St. Jerome the Priest (Meštrović)|statue of St Jerome]] by [[Ivan Meštrović]], in front of the [[Embassy of Croatia, Washington, D.C.|Croatian Embassy]] (1954, relocated c. 1998)
* a cast of [[Allow Me]] by [[John Seward Johnson II|Seward Johnson]], in front of the house on 2346 Massachusetts Ave NW (1984)
* the [[Robert Emmet (Connor)|statue of Robert Emmet]], by [[Jerome Connor]] (1916, relocated 1966)
* an abstract sculpture by [[Dong-koo Yun]] in front of the Korean Embassy (2000)
* another statue of [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]], this one cast in [[fiberglass]] by [[Ragıp Çiçen]], donated by [[İbrahim Fırtına]] and standing inside the [[Turkish Embassy, Washington, D.C.|Turkish Embassy]] (2004)<ref>{{cite book|author=James M. Goode|title=Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capital|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|location=Baltimore|date=2008}}</ref>
* the [[Statue of Winston Churchill (Washington, D.C.)|statue of Winston Churchill]] by [[William McVey (sculptor)|William McVey]], in front of the [[British Embassy, Washington|British Embassy]] (1966)
* the [[Statue of Nelson Mandela (Washington, D.C.)|statue of Nelson Mandela]] by [[Jean Doyle]], in front of the [[Embassy of South Africa, Washington, D.C.|South African Embassy]] (2013)<ref>{{cite web|website=Voice of America|date=September 21, 2013|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/statue-of-nelson-mandela-unveiled-in-washington-dc/1754581.html|title=Mandela Statue Unveiled in Washington}}</ref>
* the [[Kahlil Gibran (Kray)|monument to Khalil Gibran]], by [[Gordon S. Kray]] (1991)
* the statue of [[Princess Märtha of Sweden|Crown Princess Martha Louise of Norway]] by Kirsten Kokkin, in front of the [[Embassy of Norway in Washington, D.C.|Norwegian Embassy]] (2005)

== Other embassies in Washington, D.C. ==

In the immediate vicinity of Embassy Row, many other embassies and diplomatic residences are located within one or two blocks of Massachusetts Avenue on cross streets, particularly R, S, and 22nd Streets NW near Sheridan Circle, and in the [[Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District|Kalorama]] neighborhood north of Embassy Row. The section of [[New Hampshire Avenue]] NW north of [[Dupont Circle]] alone is home to the embassies of [[Embassy of Argentina, Washington, D.C.|Argentina]], [[Embassy of Belarus in Washington, D.C.|Belarus]], [[Embassy of Botswana in Washington, D.C.|Botswana]], the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Embassy of Eritrea in Washington, D.C.|Eritrea]], [[Embassy of Eswatini, Washington, D.C.|Eswatini]], [[Grenada–United States relations|Grenada]], [[Embassy of Jamaica, Washington, D.C.|Jamaica]], [[Embassy of Montenegro in Washington, D.C.|Montenegro]], [[Embassy of Mozambique in Washington, D.C.|Mozambique]], [[Embassy of Namibia in Washington, D.C.|Namibia]], [[Embassy of Nicaragua in Washington, D.C.|Nicaragua]], [[Embassy of Rwanda in Washington, D.C.|Rwanda]], and [[Embassy of Zimbabwe, Washington, D.C.|Zimbabwe]].

In the early days of Washington, D.C., most diplomats and ambassadors lived on or around [[Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.|Lafayette Square]]. The first purpose-designed embassy building in Washington was the embassy of the United Kingdom on 1300 [[Connecticut Avenue]], immediately south of Embassy Row, built in 1872 by [[Edward Thornton (diplomat)|Sir Edward Thornton]] on [[John Fraser (architect)|John Fraser]]'s design, and demolished in 1931. Thornton's choice of location, at a time when [[Dupont Circle]] was still almost entirely undeveloped, may be considered the origin of Embassy Row as a diplomatic neighborhood.

In the first three decades of the 20th century, several European legations gathered farther northeast, on a section of [[16th Street NW (Washington, D.C.)|16th Street]] near [[Meridian Hill Park]]. This area was specifically developed by local resident [[Mary Foote Henderson]] to attract embassies, and she even aimed at having the residences of the U.S. president and vice-president relocated there. However, the neighborhood was hit hard by the [[Great Depression]], and Embassy Row became a comparatively more attractive location for diplomats in the following decade. Former embassy buildings in the Meridian Hill area include those of France (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1907, now the [[Child Development Associate|Council for Professional Recognition]]); Mexico (arch. [[Nathan C. Wyeth]], 1911, now the Mexican Cultural Institute); the Netherlands (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1922, now the [[Embassy of Ecuador in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Ecuador]]); Spain (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1923 and addition by [[Jules Henri de Sibour]], 1927; now the [[Spain-USA Foundation]]); Egypt (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1924, now [[Meridian Hall (Washington, D.C.)|Meridian Hall]]); Italy (arch. [[Warren and Wetmore]], 1925, currently under redevelopment); and Brazil (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1927, later embassy of Hungary and now the [[Josephine Butler Parks Center]]). The embassies of [[Embassy of Cuba in Washington, D.C.|Cuba]] (arch. Macneil & Macneil, 1918), [[Embassy of Lithuania in Washington, D.C.|Lithuania]] (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1909), and [[Embassy of Poland, Washington, D.C.|Poland]] (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1910) are still located in the Meridian Hill neighborhood. A bit further up 16th Street, the [[Embassy Building No. 10]], built in the late 1920s, never actually served as an embassy despite being designed as one.

A high-security enclave in [[Forest Hills (Washington, D.C.)|Van Ness]], one mile north of the Naval Observatory on the federally owned former grounds of the [[National Bureau of Standards]] in [[Cleveland Park]], was developed from 1968 as the [[International Chancery Center]]. It is home to the embassies of [[Embassy of Austria, Washington, D.C.|Austria]], [[Embassy of Bahrain in Washington, D.C.|Bahrain]], [[Embassy of Bangladesh in Washington, D.C.|Bangladesh]], [[Embassy of Brunei, Washington, D.C.|Brunei]], [[Embassy of People's Republic of China in Washington, D.C.|China]], [[Embassy of Egypt in Washington, D.C.|Egypt]], [[Embassy of Ethiopia, Washington, D.C.|Ethiopia]], [[Embassy of Ghana in Washington, D.C.|Ghana]], [[Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C.|Israel]], [[Embassy of Jordan, Washington, D.C.|Jordan]], [[Embassy of Kuwait in Washington, D.C.|Kuwait]], [[Embassy of Malaysia, Washington, D.C.|Malaysia]], [[Embassy of Morocco, Washington, D.C.|Morocco]], [[Embassy of Monaco in Washington, D.C.|Monaco]], [[Embassy of Nigeria, Washington, D.C.|Nigeria]], [[Embassy of Pakistan, Washington, D.C.|Pakistan]], [[Embassy of Singapore, Washington, D.C.|Singapore]], [[Embassy of Slovakia, Washington, D.C.|Slovakia]], and the [[Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, Washington, D.C.|United Arab Emirates]].<ref name="icc">{{Cite web | author=United States Department of State | author-link=United States Department of State | title=History of the International Chancery Center (ICC) | url=https://www.state.gov/ofm/property/icc/index.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429063551/https://www.state.gov/ofm/property/icc/index.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2017-04-29 | access-date=5 October 2018 }}</ref>

A number of other embassies are scattered south of Massachusetts Avenue and closer to the [[National Mall]], notably those of [[Embassy of Canada, Washington, D.C.|Canada]], [[Embassy of Mexico, Washington, D.C.|Mexico]], [[Embassy of Spain, Washington, D.C.|Spain]], [[Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C.|Saudi Arabia]], and the [[Delegation of the European Union to the United States|European Union]]. Still others are located in or around Georgetown, such as those of [[Embassy of France, Washington, D.C.|France]], [[Embassy of Germany, Washington, D.C.|Germany]], [[Embassy of Russia in Washington, D.C.|Russia]], [[House of Sweden|Sweden]], [[Embassy of Thailand in Washington, D.C.|Thailand]], [[Embassy of Ukraine, Washington, D.C.|Ukraine]], and [[Embassy of Venezuela, Washington, D.C.|Venezuela]]. The Caribbean Chancery on 3216 New Mexico Avenue NW hosts the embassies of four English-speaking Caribbean nations.

==See also==
* [[Charles Carroll Glover]]
* [[List of diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C.]]

== References ==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050210000112/http://www.itds.treas.gov/embassynew.html United States Department of the Treasury: List of addresses of foreign embassies and consulates in the U.S.] — ''maintained for the International Trade Data System initiative'' (archived February 10, 2005)

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