Interior view looking south into the first floor front parlor, or gaekdang, from stair hall

ID: 5896 ~ Source: National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form ~ Creator: Kim Prothro Williams ~ Date: March 2024
This file appears in: Old Korean Legation
Interior view looking south into the first floor front parlor, or gaekdang, from stair hall
This file appears in: Old Korean Legation

The Old Korean Legation, prominently located on the north side of Logan Circle, was initially a private residence designed by Thomas M. Plowman in the Second Empire style and constructed by Joseph Williams in 1877. Seth Ledyard Phelps, a veteran of…