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Brodhead-Bell-Morton Mansion: This Beaux-Arts mansion was once owned by a vice president and is now the Embassy of Hungary.
The Brodhead-Bell-Morton mansion just northeast of Scott Circle is architecturally significant for its grand Beaux-Arts style. It speaks to a time — the turn of the 20th century — when Massachusetts…
Blair House: Also known as the President’s Guest House, the Blair House has hosted many visiting dignitaries.
Built in 1824 for Dr. Joseph Lovell, the first Surgeon General of the United States who organized the Army Corps of Engineers, the Blair House serves as the official guest house of the President of…
Armed Forces Retirement Home Historic District: The 272-acre Armed Forces Retirement Home Historic District represents an early American military asylum.
The Armed Forces Retirement Home Historic District includes a collection of 19th- and early-20th-century buildings, as well as an extensive historic landscapes. Dating from 1842 to 1951, the focal…
Brooks Mansion: Brooks Mansion and its grounds are a Brookland landmark, occupying an entire square in the neighborhood.
Brooks Mansion is a Greek Revival-style plantation house built by wealthy landowners Ann and Jehiel Brooks around 1840. A large eastern addition to this house was built by the Marist Society, which…
The Augusta Apartment Building: The mansion-like Augusta was an early attempt to improve the stature of apartment living for DC's middle class.
Built in 1900, The Augusta Apartment Building was a part of DC's first wave of construction for apartment buildings, with Arthur B. Heaton as its main architect. Its mansion-like appearance allowed it…
Babcock–Macomb House: Built in 1912, this house in the Embassy Row neighborhood now serves as the Embassy of Cape Verde.
Built in 1912 and designed by local architect Arthur B. Heaton, the Babcock–Macomb House was built for Kate Woodman Babcock, the widow of former Wisconsin Representative Joseph W. Babcock. She never…
British Embassy: Upon its construction in 1931, the British Embassy became the first embassy on what would become Embassy Row.
During the early 20th century, the British government procured a large tract of land off of Massachusetts Avenue in order to establish their new embassy. At the time, the area was underdeveloped in…
Joseph Beale House: This early-twentieth century, Italian Renaissance Revival-style residence now serves as the Consulate of Egypt.
Built between 1907 and 1909, the Joseph Beale House stands as an example of one of many buildings designed by local architect Glenn Brown. The house, an Italian Renaissance Revival style residence,…
Edmund Burke Statue: This statue commemorates Edmund Burke and, more broadly, the partnership between the US and Great Britain.
This memorial to Edmund Burke, an English statesman who championed the cause of the American colonies in Parliament, was presented to the United States by the Sulgrave Institution, an organization…
Mountjoy Bayly House: This early Capitol Hill residence has long been a site of progressive reform and organizing.
The Mountjoy Bayly House (also known as the Bayly House, Hiram W. Johnson House, Chaplains Memorial Building, and Parkington) was built in 1822 for the second Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, General…