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The Congressional Club: This club was built in 1914 for the spouses of high-ranking government figures.
The Congressional Club is a distinctive Beaux-Arts, Classical Revival style building with a prominent domed rotunda at the corner of 16th Street, U Street, and New Hampshire Avenue NW. Designed by…
Warder-Totten House: Originally built at another location, this H.H. Richardson-designed house was razed and reconstructed here by George O. Totten Jr.
The Warder-Totten House is the only structure designed by the firm of Henry Hobson Richardson (1838-1866) remaining in DC. Commissioned in 1885 by American businessman Benjamin Warder (1824-1894) at…
United Mine Workers of America (The University Club): Best known for its association with John L. Lewis, this structure is a key part of labor history in DC.
Designed by George Oakley Totten Jr. and constructed in 1912 as the University Club, this building is now more closely associated with the legendary union leader John L. Lewis (1880-1969). A self-made…
"Pink Palace" (Mrs. Marshall Field House; Inter-American Defense Board): This Venetian Gothic Revival style building was constructed to create a grand entrance into the nation’s capital along 16th Street NW.
The Inter-American Defense Board headquarters, located at 2600 16th Street NW, is a monumental Venetian Gothic Revival style building constructed in 1905 as part of socialite and developer Mary Foote…
Old Hungarian Embassy: Like others nearby, this house was designed as an embassy, but it has housed other tenants for most of its history.
Like Meridian Hall and several other mansions in the Meridian Hill Historic District, this building was part of Mary Foote Henderson's plan to beautify the area. She commissioned renowned architect…
Old French Embassy: The Old French Embassy is just one of several mansions commissioned by Mary Foote Henderson to serve as an embassy.
This former embassy is among the finest of nearly a dozen Meridian Hill mansions built by Mary Foote Henderson (1841-1931), in collaboration with her favorite architect, George Oakley Totten Jr.…
Meridian Hall: Meridian Hall was commissioned by Mary Foote Henderson to be used as an embassy.
Meridian Hall, like several other mansions in the Meridian Hill Historic District, was commissioned by Mary Foote Henderson, who was the guiding force behind the development of the area as an enclave…
Charles Evans Hughes House (Chancery of Burma): Now the Chancery of Burma, this house is notable for its association with Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes.
Built in 1907 for A. Clifford and Alice Pike Barney by George Oakley Totten, this house is most notable as the home of Charles Evans Hughes—a statesman and juror of the highest order, a leader in the…
Embassy Building No. 10: Now a building housing DC’s Department of Parks and Recreation, Embassy Building No. 10 was among Mary Foote Henderson’s plans for Sixteenth Street.
In 1928, Embassy Building No. 10 was designed by architect George Oakley Totten Jr. (1866-1939), which was built in the following years. The building was designed to incorporate both public and…