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Richard H. Townsend House (Cosmos Club): This grand mansion has long been at the center of Washington's high society.
The Townsend House is one of the many elegant and often ostentatious mansions built along Massachusetts Avenue in the early decades of the 20th century. Completed in 1900 for Richard H. Townsend, a…
Senate Office Building (Russell Senate Office Building): Built to relieve the overcrowded Capitol without distracting from its beauty, the Russell Senate Office Building remains a dignified exemplar of Beaux-Arts architecture.
Along with its counterpart, the Cannon House Office Building, the Russell Senate Office Building was one of the first office buildings constructed to house Congress outside of the U.S. Capitol.As new…