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== From Sheridan Circle to Observatory Circle == '''North Side''' * 2223 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[American Society of International Law]] (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1907) * 2225 R St NW: [[Embassy of Armenia, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Armenia]] * 2249 R St NW: C. Peyton Russell House (arch. [[Nathan C. Wyeth]], 1908), now [[Embassy of Kenya in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Kenya]] * 2251 R St NW: [[Frederick Keep Monument|Frederick A. Keep]] House (arch. [[Nathan C. Wyeth]], 1906), now residence of the [[Embassy of Vietnam, Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of Vietnam]] * 2253 R St NW: [[Charles Lane Fitzhugh|Charles L. Fitzhugh]] House (arch. [[Waddy Butler Wood|Waddy Wood]], 1904), now residence of the [[Embassy of the Philippines, Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of the Philippines]] * 2301 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Joseph Beale House]] (arch. [[Glenn Brown (architect)|Glenn Brown]], 1909), now residence of the [[Embassy of Egypt in Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of Egypt]] * 2305 Massachusetts Ave NW: Sarah S. Wyeth House (arch. [[Nathan C. Wyeth]], 1909), now residence of the [[Embassy of Chile in Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of Chile]] * 2311 Massachusetts Ave NW: Gibson Fahnestock House (arch. [[Nathan C. Wyeth]], 1910), embassy of the [[Republic of China]] from 1952 to 1978,<ref>{{cite news|author1=Dickey, Christopher|title=Third Embassy Property Relinquished by Taiwan|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1978/12/29/third-embassy-property-relinquished-by-taiwan/4f5a5b53-88e1-443e-a4b1-3fa2f4d78586/|access-date=November 14, 2015|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=December 12, 1978}}</ref> now [[Embassy of Haiti in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Haiti]] * 2315 Massachusetts Ave NW: Francis B. Moran House (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1909), formerly embassy of Persia/[[Iran]] (1935–43) then [[Embassy of Pakistan, Washington, D.C.|embassy of Pakistan]] (1951–2011) * 2339 Massachusetts Ave NW: Wendell Mansions apartment building (arch. [[Edward Hughes Glidden]], 1906) * 2343 Massachusetts Ave NW: Former chancery of the embassy of Austria (arch. [[George Nicholas Ray]], 1930), now [[Embassy of Croatia, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Croatia]]<ref>{{cite web|website=Austrian Embassy|title=Austria's Chanceries and Residences in Washington|author=Sigurd Pacher|url=http://www.austria.org/chanceries-residences/}}</ref> * 2349 Massachusetts Ave NW: Christian Hauge House (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1906), later embassy of [[Czechoslovakia]] (1929–72) and now [[Embassy of Cameroon, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Cameroon]] * 2347 S Street NW: Owsley House (arch. [[Ward Brown]], 1929), now [[Residence of the Ambassador of the Netherlands in Washington D.C.|residence of the Ambassador of the Netherlands]]<ref name=Traceries /> * 2401 Massachusetts Ave NW: Former chancery of the Embassy of Malaysia (1969), now [[Embassy of Chad in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Chad]] * 2419 Massachusetts Ave NW: Louis Arthur Coolidge House (arch. [[William Penn Cresson]] & [[Nathan C. Wyeth]], 1906), now [[Embassy of Zambia, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Zambia]] * 2433 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Harry Wardman]] House (arch. [[Mihran Mesrobian]], 1934), now [[Embassy of the Marshall Islands in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of the Marshall Islands]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://washingtonembassygardens.wordpress.com/2013/12/22/wardman-and-the-british-embassy//|author=Julia Blakely|date=December 22, 2013|title=Wardman and the British Embassy|website=washingtonembassygardens.wordpress.com}}</ref> * 2443 Massachusetts Ave NW: Residence of the [[Embassy of Venezuela, Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of Venezuela]] (arch. [[Chester A. Patterson]], 1939) * 2501 Massachusetts Ave NW: C.H. Harlow House (arch. [[Waddy Butler Wood|Waddy Wood]], 1916), later home of [[Robert A. Taft]]<ref>{{cite web|website=Philadelphia Architects & Buildings|title=CH Harlow House|url=https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/pr_display.cfm/1131703}}</ref> * 2511 Massachusetts Ave NW: house (1942), now [[Embassy of Lesotho in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Lesotho]] * 2525 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Turkish Embassy, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Turkey]] (arch. [[Shalom Baranes Associates]], 1999) * 2535 Massachusetts Ave NW: house (1953), now [[Embassy of Belize in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Belize]] * 2551 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Islamic Center of Washington]] (arch. [[Mario Rossi (architect)|Mario Rossi]] in association with Irwin S. Porter & Sons, 1957) * 2929 Massachusetts Ave NW: Maie H. Williams House (arch. [[Clarke Waggaman]], 1918)<ref>{{cite web|website=SAH Archipedia|url=http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/DC-01-NW50|title=Count Laszlo and Countess Gladys Vanderbilt Széchényi House (Maie H. Williams House)|date=16 July 2018}}</ref> * 3003 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Alanson B. Houghton]] House (arch. [[Frederick H. Brooke]], 1935), former residence of the [[Former Embassy of Iran in Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of Iran]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://washingtonembassygardens.wordpress.com/2013/12/22/frederick-h-brooke/|author=Julia Blakely|date=December 22, 2013|title=Frederick H. Brooke|website=washingtonembassygardens.wordpress.com}}</ref> * 3005 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Former Embassy of Iran in Washington, D.C.|former Embassy of Iran]] (1959) * 3051 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Embassy of South Africa, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of South Africa]] (1936, expanded 1964) * 3301 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Embassy of Finland, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Finland]] (arch. [[Mikko Heikkinen]] and [[Markku Komonen]], 1994) * 3339 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Apostolic Nunciature to the United States|Embassy of the Holy See]] (arch. [[Frederick V. Murphy]], 1938) * 3401 Massachusetts Ave NW: Residence of the [[Embassy of Norway in Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of Norway]] (arch. [[John J. Whelan]], 1931) * 3415 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Joseph W. Babcock]] House (arch. [[Arthur B. Heaton]], 1912), now [[Embassy of Cape Verde in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Cape Verde]] and [[Embassy of Timor-Leste in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Timor-Leste]] * 3417 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Soka Gakkai International]]-USA Buddhist Center (arch. [[William Hellmuth]], 2008)<ref>{{cite web|website=Soka Gakkai International |url=http://www.sgi.org/news/events/events2008/events080625.html |date=June 25, 2008 |title=Newly Completed SGI-USA Washington, D.C., Culture Center Opening on "Embassy Row" }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * 3421 Massachusetts Ave NW: house (1927), now [[Embassy of Iraq, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Iraq]] '''South Side''' * 1606 23rd St NW: Edward H. Everett House (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1914), now residence of the [[Turkish Embassy, Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of Turkey]] * 2304 Massachusetts Ave NW: house (arch. [[Louis D. Meline]], 1901),<ref name=Meline>{{cite web|website=D.C. Office of Planning |title=DC Architects Directory: Louis D. Meline |date=2010 |url=https://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/Architects%20Bios%20M%20and%20O.pdf}}</ref> now part of the Embassy of Latvia * 2306 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Alice Pike Barney]] House (arch. [[Waddy Butler Wood|Waddy Wood]], 1902), now [[Embassy of Latvia in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Latvia]] * 2320 Massachusetts Ave NW: detached house (arch. [[Frank Russell White]], 1918), now Consular section of the [[Embassy of South Korea in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of South Korea]] * 2324 Massachusetts Ave NW: town house (arch. [[Louis D. Meline]], 1902),<ref name=Meline/> now annex of the [[Embassy of Greece in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Greece]] * 2328 Massachusetts Ave NW: town house (arch. [[Edward W. Donn Jr.|Donn]] and Deming, 1922) * 2332-38 Massachusetts Ave NW: row of four townhouses (arch. [[Nicholas T. Haller]], 1899)<ref name=Traceries /> * 2340 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (1914), now [[Embassy of Burkina Faso in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Burkina Faso]] * 2344 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[George Wallace William Hanger]] House (arch. [[William James Palmer]], 1907)<ref>{{citation|title=NRHP Registration Form - Chapel of the Incarnation, Brandywine MD|page=8:7|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se5/019000/019400/019401/pdf/msa_se5_19401.pdf|date=2000}}</ref> * 2346 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[George Cabot Lodge]] House (arch. [[Waddy Butler Wood|Wood, Donn & Deming]], 1905)<ref>{{cite web|website=Philadelphia Architects & Buildings|title=George Cabot Lodge House|url=https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/pr_display.cfm/1131698}}</ref> * 2360 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (arch. [[William James Palmer]], 1911), now [[Embassy of Kyrgyzstan in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Kyrgyzstan]] * 2370 Massachusetts Ave NW: Alice W.B. Stanley House (arch. [[Smith & Edwards]], 1930), now Korean Cultural Center<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sah-archipedia.org/Architects/Smith-and-Edwards|website=SAH Archipedia|title=Smith and Edwards}}</ref> * 2374 Massachusetts Ave NW: townhouse (1921), now [[Embassy of Madagascar in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Madagascar]] * 2406 Massachusetts Ave NW: Nellie and Isabelle Sedgeley House (arch. [[Nathan C. Wyeth]], 1911), now Cultural Office of the [[Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of the UAE]]<ref name="Traceries"/> * 2408 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Granville Roland Fortescue]] House (arch. [[Nathan C. Wyeth]], 1911), now [[Embassy of Malawi in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Malawi]] * 2412: Frederick Atherton House (arch. [[Nathan C. Wyeth]] and Francis P. Sullivan, 1930) * 2424 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Embassy of Cote d'Ivoire in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Cote d'Ivoire]] (arch. [[Wanchul Lee]], 2004) * 2432 Massachusetts Ave NW: house (1951), now residence of the [[Embassy of Algeria in Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of Algeria]] * 2440 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Mason Remey|Charles Mason Remey]] House (arch. [[Smith & Edwards]], c. 1930), now [[Permanent mission of Mexico to the OAS]] * 2450 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Embassy of South Korea in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of South Korea]] (arch. [[Robert Schofield Morris|Marani & Morris]], [[Waldron Faulkner|Faulkner, Kingsbury and Stenhouse]], 1953)<ref name=korea>{{cite news | url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1953-09-24/ed-1/seq-24/#date1=1756&index=7&rows=20&words=2450+Massachusetts&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=%222450+Massachusetts%22&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 | title=A Diplomatic Loophole in Zoning Law | work=The Evening Star | date=September 24, 1953 | accessdate=January 4, 2025 | pages=A-24}}</ref> * 2500 Massachusetts Ave NW: apartment house (arch. Louis E. Sholtes, 1922)<ref>{{cite book|author=James M. Goode|title=Best Addresses: A Century of Washington's Distinguished Apartment Houses|page=222|publisher=Smithsonian|date=1988}}</ref> * 2516 Massachusetts Ave NW: Old Ambassador's Residence of the [[Embassy of Japan in Washington D.C.|Embassy of Japan]] (arch. [[William Adams Delano|Delano]] & [[Chester Holmes Aldrich|Aldrich]], 1931) * 2520 Massachusetts Ave NW: Chancery of the [[Embassy of Japan in Washington D.C.|Embassy of Japan]] (arch. Robert B. Anderson, 1986) * 2536 Massachusetts Ave NW: Chancery Annex of the [[Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of India]] (1954) * 2540 Massachusetts Ave NW: The Army and Navy apartment house (arch. Harry L. Edwards, 1925)<ref>{{cite book|author=James M. Goode|title=Best Addresses: A Century of Washington's Distinguished Apartment Houses|page=235|publisher=Smithsonian|date=1988}}</ref> * 2558 Massachusetts Ave NW: Spanish Mission to the [[Organization of American States]] (1926) * 3000 Whitehaven St NW: [[Italian Embassy, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Italy]] (arch. [[Piero Sartogo]], 2000) * 3025 Whitehaven St NW: [[Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Sri Lanka]] * 3200 Whitehaven St NW: [[Embassy of Denmark in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Denmark]] (1960) * 3000 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[McCormick House (Washington, D.C.)|Robert S. McCormick House]] (arch. [[John Russell Pope]], 1928), now residence of the [[Embassy of Brazil, Washington, D.C.|Ambassador of Brazil]] * 3006 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[Embassy of Brazil, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Brazil]] (arch. [[Olavo Redig de Campos]], 1971) * 3014 Massachusetts Ave NW: house (1941), now [[Embassy of Bolivia in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Bolivia]] * 3100 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[British Embassy, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of the United Kingdom]] (arch. [[Edwin Lutyens]], 1931); chancery building (arch. Eric Bedford) added in the late 1950s. * 3450 Massachusetts Ave NW: [[United States Naval Observatory]]
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