Embassy Row Historic Mansions

The Embassy of Uzbekistan occupies a four-story mansion built of blond Roman brick and limestone on Massachusetts Avenue. Designed by architects Bruce Price and Jules Henri de Sibour in nineteen oh nine, the building follows the French…

The Patterson Mansion stands at fifteen Dupont Circle as one of the last two private houses remaining from the era when the circle was lined with grand residences. Completed in nineteen oh three, the Neoclassical structure was designed by…

The Perry Belmont House rises as a distinctive, triangular pavilion of stone at the corner of New Hampshire Avenue and R Street. Completed in nineteen hundred and nine, the mansion was commissioned by Congressman and diplomat Perry Belmont…

The Embassy of India’s chancery is a complex of two interconnected, historic buildings on Massachusetts Avenue. You can identify the site by the bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi, which stands outside the building in a small park area where…

The Larz Anderson House is a fifty-room limestone mansion with an ornate, eclectic exterior that sets it apart from the surrounding neighborhood. Constructed between nineteen oh two and nineteen oh five, the residence was designed by…

The Cosmos Club occupies the Townsend House, a grand Beaux-Arts mansion on Massachusetts Avenue distinguished by its Louis fifteen architectural elements. Originally designed by architects Carrère and Hastings for railroad heiress Mary…

The residence of the Turkish Ambassador, known as the Everett House, is a massive limestone mansion that dominates the eastern approach to Sheridan Circle. Constructed between nineteen ten and nineteen fifteen, the building features an…

The President Woodrow Wilson House is a four-story brick mansion in the Kalorama neighborhood, distinguished by its Georgian Revival style and a design that includes a prominent Palladian window. Built in nineteen fifteen by architect…