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== From Scott Circle to Sheridan Circle == This section of Massachusetts Avenue was the one known as the "Millionaires' Row" of Washington, D.C., in the late 19th and early 20th century. '''North Side''' * 1499 Massachusetts Ave NW: Post Massachusetts Avenue apartment building (arch. [[Esocoff & Associates]], 2002) * 1515 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] building (arch. [[Faulkner, Fryer and Vanderpool]], 1956), now [[Embassy of Tunisia in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Tunisia]] * 1500 Rhode Island Ave NW: [[Brodhead-Bell-Morton Mansion]], now the [[Embassy of Hungary in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Hungary]] (arch. [[John Fraser (architect)|John Fraser]], 1879; remodeled by [[John Russell Pope]], 1912) * 1 Scott Circle NW: General Scott Apartments (arch. [[Robert O. Sholz]], 1942)<ref>{{cite book|title=Washington Itself: An Informal Guide to the Capital of the United States|url=https://archive.org/details/washingtonitself00appl|url-access=registration|author=E.J. Applewhite|date=1981}}</ref> * 1601 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Embassy of Australia, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Australia]] (arch. [[Bates Smart|Bates, Smart & McCutcheon]], 1965) * 1617 Massachusetts Ave NW: Daniel C. Stapleton House (arch. [[Clarke Waggaman]], 1917), now annex of the [[Embassy of the Philippines, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of the Philippines]] * 1619 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Forest Industries Telecommunications|Forest Industries]] building (arch. [[Keyes, Lesbridge & Condon]], 1961), now Benjamin T. Rome Building of [[Johns Hopkins University]] * 1625 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Air Line Pilots Association, International|Airline Pilots Association]] building (arch. [[Vlastimil Koubek]], 1972), now also Washington campus of [[Carey Business School|Johns Hopkins Carey Business School]] * 1701 Massachusetts Ave NW: The Bay State apartment building (arch. [[Robert O. Sholz]], 1939)<ref>{{cite web|website=Emporis|title=The Bay State Apartments|url=http://www.emporis.com/building/the-bay-state-apartments-washington-dc-usa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414150116/http://www.emporis.com/building/the-bay-state-apartments-washington-dc-usa|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> * 1711 Massachusetts Ave NW: Boston House apartment building (arch. [[Berla & Abel]], 1950)<ref>{{cite web|website=District of Columbia |title=Modernism in Washington brochure |date=2009 |url=http://planning.dc.gov/OP/HP/Citywide%20Heritage%20Brochure%20pdfs/Modernism_Brochure.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426233957/http://planning.dc.gov/OP/HP/Citywide%20Heritage%20Brochure%20pdfs/Modernism_Brochure.pdf |archive-date=2014-04-26 }}</ref> * 1717 Massachusetts Ave NW: Bernstein-[[Morris W. Offit|Offit]] building of [[Johns Hopkins University]]; the upper two floors used to host the embassy of the [[German Democratic Republic]] (arch. [[Cooper & Auerback]], 1964)<ref>{{cite book|page=127|author=Paul K. Williams|title=Images of America: The Neighborhoods of Logan, Scott, and Thomas Circles|date=2001|publisher=Arcadia Publishing}}</ref> * 1727 Massachusetts Ave NW: The Winthrop apartment building (arch. [[Alvin L. Aubinoe]], 1940)<ref>{{cite web|website=Emporis|title=Winthrop House|url=http://www.emporis.com/building/winthrophouse-washington-dc-usa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414161525/http://www.emporis.com/building/winthrophouse-washington-dc-usa|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> * 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Brookings Institution]] main building (arch. [[Faulkner, Kingsbury & Stenhouse]], 1960) * 1779 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]] (arch. [[SmithGroupJJR|Smith, Hinchman & Gryll]], 1989), also hosting the [[Embassy of Papua New Guinea in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Papua New Guinea]] * 1789 Massachusetts Ave NW (numbered 1785 until 2016): [[Andrew Mellon Building|McCormick Apartments]] (arch. [[Jules Henri de Sibour]], 1917), now [[American Enterprise Institute]] * 1801 Massachusetts Ave NW: Herbert Wadsworth House (arch. George Cary, 1902), now the [[Sulgrave Club]] * 15 Dupont Circle NW: [[Patterson Mansion|Robert W. Patterson House]] (arch. [[Stanford White]], 1902), now Ampeer Dupont Circle apartments * 11 Dupont Circle NW: office building (1974), home of the [[Peterson Institute for International Economics]] until 2001 * 1500 New Hampshire Ave NW: [[The Dupont Circle Hotel|Dupont Circle Hotel]] (1950) * 1501 Connecticut Ave NW: commercial building (1923), now [[Starbucks Coffee]] * 1913 Massachusetts Ave NW: Dupont Circle Branch of the [[Riggs Bank|Riggs National Bank]] (arch. [[George Nicholas Ray]], 1923), now [[PNC Financial Services|PNC]]<ref>{{cite web|website=DC Historic Preservation Office|title=Application for Historic Landmark, B.F.Saul Building|url=http://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/925%2015th%20Street%20NW%20-%20B.F.%20Saul%20Building_0.pdf|date=October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111800/http://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/925%2015th%20Street%20NW%20-%20B.F.%20Saul%20Building_0.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-04}}</ref> * 2001 Massachusetts Ave NW: apartment house (arch. [[Gertrude Sawyer]], 1935), now [[Lajos Kossuth|Kossuth House]] of the [[Hungarian Reformed Federation of America]] (1935) * 2007 Massachusetts Ave NW: Horace A. Taylor House (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1901)<ref>{{cite book|title=Sixteen Street Architecture|author1=Sue A. Kohler|author2=Jeffrey R. Carson|publisher=U.S. Commission of Fine Arts|date=1988|url=https://archive.org/stream/sixteenthstreeta02kohl/sixteenthstreeta02kohl_djvu.txt}}</ref> * 2009 Massachusetts Ave NW: Hershell Main House, later [[Alice Roosevelt Longworth]] house (built 1881, front rebuilt 1910), now the [[Washington Legal Foundation]] * 2015 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Embassy Row Hotel]], rebranded ''The Ven Embassy Row'' in late 2020 (arch. [[Fischer and Elmore]], 1971) * 2025 Massachusetts Ave NW: Samuel M. Bryan House (arch. [[W. Bruce Gray]], 1885), now the Urban Alliance Foundation * 2027 Massachusetts Ave NW: House (1911), now the [[Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism]]<ref>{{cite web|website=Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism|url=http://rac.org/aboutrac/rachistory/|title=The History of 2027 Massachusetts Avenue (RAC's building)}}</ref> * 1600 21st Street NW: D. Clinch Phillips House (arch. [[Hornblower & Marshall]], 1897), now the [[Phillips Collection]] * 2107 Massachusetts Ave NW: T. Morris Murray House (1901), now [[Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of India]] * 2121 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Townsend House (Washington DC)|Richard T. Townsend House]] (arch. [[Carrère and Hastings]], 1901), now the [[Cosmos Club]] * 2131 Massachusetts Ave NW: George W. Barrie House (arch. [[Marsh & Peter]], 1905), now [[Embassy of Estonia, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Estonia]]<ref name=Traceries /> * 2201 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Miller House (Washington, D.C.)|Frederick A. Miller House]] (arch. [[Paul J. Pelz]], 1901) * 2203 Massachusetts Ave NW: Emeline D. Lovett House (arch. Alexander Millar, 1890)<ref name=Traceries /> * [[2205 Massachusetts Avenue|2205 Massachusetts Ave NW]]: Anna Jenness-Miller House (arch. [[Waddy Butler Wood|Waddy Wood]], 1920), now the [[National Society Daughters of the American Colonists]]<ref name=Traceries /> * 2207 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (arch. [[Louis D. Meline]], 1902),<ref name=Meline/> now [[Embassy of Turkmenistan in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Turkmenistan]]<ref name=Traceries /> * 2209 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (arch. [[Nathan C. Wyeth|Wyeth & Cresson]], 1911), now [[Embassy of Paraguay in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Paraguay]] * 2211 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Philip Sheridan|Irene Rucker Sheridan]] House (arch. [[Waddy Butler Wood|Wood, Donn & Deming]], 1904) * 2217 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Embassy of Greece in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Greece]] (arch. [[Angelos Demetriou]], 2006) * 2221 Massachusetts Ave NW: Hennen Jennings House (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1906), now residence of the [[Embassy of Greece in Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of Greece]] '''South Side''' * 1500 Massachusetts Ave NW: 1500 Massachusetts apartment building (1952) * 1616 Rhode Island Ave NW: [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] (arch. Hickok Cole, 2013) * 1600 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Embassy of the Philippines, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of the Philippines]] (1993) * 1700 Massachusetts Ave NW: Emily J. Wilkins House (arch. [[Jules Henri de Sibour]], 1909), now [[Embassy of Peru in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Peru]] * 1708 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Henry Coffin Nevins|Henry C. Nevins]] House (arch. [[Harvey L. Page]], 1891),<ref>{{cite web|website=D.C. Office of Planning |title=DC Architects Directory: Harvey Linsley Page |date=2010 |url=https://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/Architects%20Bios%20P%20and%20S.pdf}}</ref> now [[Embassy of Trinidad and Tobago in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Trinidad and Tobago]] * 1720 Massachusetts Ave NW: town house, now [[Stephanie Tubbs Jones]] building of the [[Congressional Black Caucus Foundation]] * 1724 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Embassy of Colombia, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Colombia]] (1981) * 1732 Massachusetts Ave NW: J.C. McGuire House (arch. [[Glenn Brown (architect)|Glenn Brown]], 1889), now [[Embassy of Chile in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Chile]] * 1736 Massachusetts Ave NW: now Consular section of the [[Embassy of Chile in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Chile]] * 1740 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies]] (1962) * 1746 Massachusetts Ave NW: Clarence Moore House (arch. [[Jules Henri de Sibour]], 1909), now [[Embassy of Uzbekistan, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Uzbekistan]] * 1750 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Peterson Institute for International Economics]] (arch. [[James von Klemperer]] for [[Kohn Pedersen Fox]], 2001) * 1776 Massachusetts Ave NW: office building (1969) * 1780 Massachusetts Ave NW: Ingalls House (arch. [[Jules Henri de Sibour]], 1912), now office of the President of the [[Brookings Institution]] * 1800 Massachusetts Ave NW: office building (1979), now the [[Service Employees International Union]] * 1369 Connecticut Ave NW: [[U.S. Trust|U.S. Trust Company]] building (arch. [[Jules Henri de Sibour]], 1912), now [[SunTrust Banks|SunTrust]] branch<ref>{{cite web|website=The House History Man|url=http://househistoryman.blogspot.com/2012/04/lost-found-washington-hopkins-miller.html|title=Lost & Found Washington: The Hopkins-Miller Houses on Dupont Circle|date=April 9, 2012}}</ref> * 1350 Connecticut Ave NW: [[Dupont Circle Building]] (arch. [[Mihran Mesrobian]], 1931) * 21 Dupont Circle NW: Euram Building (arch. [[Hartman-Cox]], 1972)<ref>{{cite web|website=SAH Archipedia|title=Euram Building|url=http://sah-archipedia.org/detail%2Fcontent%2Fentries%2FDC-01-DU03.xml?q=type%3A%22open%20spaces%22|access-date=2014-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925103158/http://sah-archipedia.org/detail%2Fcontent%2Fentries%2FDC-01-DU03.xml?q=type%3A%22open%20spaces%22|archive-date=2015-09-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1 Dupont Circle NW: office building (arch. [[Vlastimil Koubek]], 1968), now the [[American Council on Education]] * 2000 P Street NW: The Toronto apartment building (arch. [[Albert H. Beers]], 1908) * 2000 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[James G. Blaine Mansion]] (arch. [[John Fraser (architect)|George Fraser]], 1881), now [[John R. Phillips (attorney)|Phillips & Cohen LLP]] * 2012 Massachusetts Ave NW: Joseph Beale House (arch. [[Glenn Brown (architect)|Glenn Brown]], 1897), now [[Portuguese Embassy, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Portugal]] * 2020 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Walsh Mansion|Walsh-McLean House]] (arch. Henry Andersen, 1903), now [[Embassy of Indonesia in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Indonesia]] * 2100 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[The Fairfax at Embassy Row|Fairfax Hotel]] (arch. [[B. Stanley Simmons]], 1927) * 2118 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Larz Anderson House]] (arch. [[Arthur Little (architect)|Arthur Little]] & [[Herbert W. C. Browne]], 1905), now [[Society of the Cincinnati]] * 2122 Massachusetts Ave NW: State House apartment building (arch. Matthew G. Lepley, 1951)<ref>{{cite web|website=D.C. Office of Planning |title=DC Architects Directory: Matthew G. Lepley |url=https://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/Architects%20Bios%20J%20and%20L.pdf |date=2010}}</ref> * 2200 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Alexander Stewart (American politician)|Alexander Stewart]] House (arch. [[Jules Henri de Sibour]], 1909), now [[Embassy of Luxembourg, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Luxembourg]]<ref name=Traceries /> * 2202 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (1914), now office of the [[Military attaché|Defense Attaché]] of the [[Turkish Embassy, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Turkey]] * 2208 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (arch. [[Louis D. Meline]], 1900),<ref name=Meline/> now [[Embassy of Togo in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Togo]] * 2210 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (arch. [[Louis D. Meline]], 1901),<ref name=Meline/> now [[Embassy of Sudan in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Sudan]] * 2212 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (arch. [[Louis D. Meline]], 1898)<ref name=Traceries /> * 2214-16 Massachusetts Ave NW: twin townhouses (arch. [[George Nicholas Ray]], 1931) * 2220 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (arch. [[George Nicholas Ray]], 1914), now [[Embassy of the Bahamas in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of the Bahamas]] * 2228 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]] & Laussat Roger, 1903), now office of the [[Military attaché|Defense and Military Attaché]] of the [[Embassy of Greece in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Greece]]<ref>{{cite web|website=Living Places|url=http://www.livingplaces.com/people/george-oakley-totten.html|title=George Oakley Totten}}</ref> * 2230 Massachusetts Ave NW: James C. Hooe House (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1907) * 2232 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (1900), now Economic and Commercial Bureau of the [[Embassy of Egypt in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Egypt]] * 2234 Massachusetts Ave NW: Henrietta M. Halliday House (arch. [[William Penn Cresson]]), 1908), now [[Embassy of Ireland in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Ireland]] * 1607 23rd St NW: Frank Ellis House (arch. [[Carrère and Hastings]], 1907), now [[Romanian Embassy, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Romania]]
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