Embassy of Argentina, Washington, D.C.
Embassy of Argentina, Washington, D.C. | |
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Coordinates | 38°54′40″N 77°2′32″W / 38.91111°N 77.04222°W |
The Embassy of Argentina in Washington, D.C. is the
Chancery
Located in the neighborhood of Dupont Circle and commissioned in 1906 by Pennsylvania Congressman
The Argentine Government purchased the building on February 20, 1913, from Henrietta Huff, who decided to sell the house after her husband's death in 1912.
Julian Abele designed the Widener Library at Harvard University and several buildings for Duke University in North Carolina, mansions in Newport Rhode Island and New York as well as many buildings in Washington. The ballroom was added in the 1940s by another prominent architect, Clarke Waggaman, for the Embassy of Argentina.[2]
At the beginning of the 20th century Dupont Circle was an upscale suburb of Washington, and the Argentine Republic invested heavily given the importance put on bilateral relations with the U.S. The Argentine Government owns a total of four houses in the block: besides the Embassy's Chancery, the Sarmiento Building next to it housing the Consular Section of the Embassy, and the Ambassador's Official Residence, both of them on Q Street; the Argentine Permanent Mission to the Organization of American States, on Corcoran Street, was built as the horse quarters for the house on New Hampshire Avenue.
In 2019 the Embassy included on its website a revamped section on the history of the building, the neighborhood and the architects.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "The Argentine Republic". Embassy. 2011-01-06. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- ^ "Its building | Embajada en Estados Unidos". www.eeeuu.mrecic.gov.ar. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ^ "Embassy in United States | Our Building's History". eeeuu.cancilleria.gob.ar. Retrieved 2022-09-08.