This tour was curated by the 1882 Foundation in collaboration with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and the University of Maryland Historic Preservation Program.Access their websites here in addition to further resources on…

Manila House was purchased by the Visayan Circle in 1937. It served as a boarding house and gathering place for cab drivers, students, writers, musicians, soldiers, and Philippine government workers until the early 1960s. American Book Award…

This Japanese-style garden is part of the eclectic landscape surrounding the former residence of Marjorie Merriweather Post. The garden, redesigned by Shogo Myaida (1897-1988) in the 1950s, is a hybrid landscape consisting of American and Japanese…

The Korean Commission office was located on the ninth floor of the Continental Trust Building from 1919 into the mid-1920s. It was established by Syngman Rhee to coordinate fundraising and to lobby for US political support for Korean independence…

A Korean Legation was organized in DC in the 1880s after Korea and the US established diplomatic relations. Originally located on O Street NW, the Legation was based in this Logan Circle building from 1889 until Japan annexed Korea in 1910. Today,…

In 1902, the Qing Legation purchased a purpose-built mansion designed by Waddy Butler Wood. It is the oldest standing building commissioned and formerly occupied by a foreign government in DC, as well as the last of 5 buildings that housed the…

Originally, the CCC met at Mount Vernon Methodist Episcopal Church. Since then, it has relocated several times to support the congregation’s growth, moving to its current location at 500 I Street NW in 2006. The CCC is also home to the Chinatown…