Editing Embassy Row (section)

== Other embassies in Washington, D.C. ==

In the immediate vicinity of Embassy Row, many other embassies and diplomatic residences are located within one or two blocks of Massachusetts Avenue on cross streets, particularly R, S, and 22nd Streets NW near Sheridan Circle, and in the [[Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District|Kalorama]] neighborhood north of Embassy Row. The section of [[New Hampshire Avenue]] NW north of [[Dupont Circle]] alone is home to the embassies of [[Embassy of Argentina, Washington, D.C.|Argentina]], [[Embassy of Belarus in Washington, D.C.|Belarus]], [[Embassy of Botswana in Washington, D.C.|Botswana]], the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Embassy of Eritrea in Washington, D.C.|Eritrea]], [[Embassy of Eswatini, Washington, D.C.|Eswatini]], [[Grenada–United States relations|Grenada]], [[Embassy of Jamaica, Washington, D.C.|Jamaica]], [[Embassy of Montenegro in Washington, D.C.|Montenegro]], [[Embassy of Mozambique in Washington, D.C.|Mozambique]], [[Embassy of Namibia in Washington, D.C.|Namibia]], [[Embassy of Nicaragua in Washington, D.C.|Nicaragua]], [[Embassy of Rwanda in Washington, D.C.|Rwanda]], and [[Embassy of Zimbabwe, Washington, D.C.|Zimbabwe]].

In the early days of Washington, D.C., most diplomats and ambassadors lived on or around [[Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.|Lafayette Square]]. The first purpose-designed embassy building in Washington was the embassy of the United Kingdom on 1300 [[Connecticut Avenue]], immediately south of Embassy Row, built in 1872 by [[Edward Thornton (diplomat)|Sir Edward Thornton]] on [[John Fraser (architect)|John Fraser]]'s design, and demolished in 1931. Thornton's choice of location, at a time when [[Dupont Circle]] was still almost entirely undeveloped, may be considered the origin of Embassy Row as a diplomatic neighborhood.

In the first three decades of the 20th century, several European legations gathered farther northeast, on a section of [[16th Street NW (Washington, D.C.)|16th Street]] near [[Meridian Hill Park]]. This area was specifically developed by local resident [[Mary Foote Henderson]] to attract embassies, and she even aimed at having the residences of the U.S. president and vice-president relocated there. However, the neighborhood was hit hard by the [[Great Depression]], and Embassy Row became a comparatively more attractive location for diplomats in the following decade. Former embassy buildings in the Meridian Hill area include those of France (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1907, now the [[Child Development Associate|Council for Professional Recognition]]); Mexico (arch. [[Nathan C. Wyeth]], 1911, now the Mexican Cultural Institute); the Netherlands (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1922, now the [[Embassy of Ecuador in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of Ecuador]]); Spain (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1923 and addition by [[Jules Henri de Sibour]], 1927; now the [[Spain-USA Foundation]]); Egypt (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1924, now [[Meridian Hall (Washington, D.C.)|Meridian Hall]]); Italy (arch. [[Warren and Wetmore]], 1925, currently under redevelopment); and Brazil (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1927, later embassy of Hungary and now the [[Josephine Butler Parks Center]]). The embassies of [[Embassy of Cuba in Washington, D.C.|Cuba]] (arch. Macneil & Macneil, 1918), [[Embassy of Lithuania in Washington, D.C.|Lithuania]] (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1909), and [[Embassy of Poland, Washington, D.C.|Poland]] (arch. [[George Oakley Totten Jr.]], 1910) are still located in the Meridian Hill neighborhood. A bit further up 16th Street, the [[Embassy Building No. 10]], built in the late 1920s, never actually served as an embassy despite being designed as one.

A high-security enclave in [[Forest Hills (Washington, D.C.)|Van Ness]], one mile north of the Naval Observatory on the federally owned former grounds of the [[National Bureau of Standards]] in [[Cleveland Park]], was developed from 1968 as the [[International Chancery Center]]. It is home to the embassies of [[Embassy of Austria, Washington, D.C.|Austria]], [[Embassy of Bahrain in Washington, D.C.|Bahrain]], [[Embassy of Bangladesh in Washington, D.C.|Bangladesh]], [[Embassy of Brunei, Washington, D.C.|Brunei]], [[Embassy of People's Republic of China in Washington, D.C.|China]], [[Embassy of Egypt in Washington, D.C.|Egypt]], [[Embassy of Ethiopia, Washington, D.C.|Ethiopia]], [[Embassy of Ghana in Washington, D.C.|Ghana]], [[Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C.|Israel]], [[Embassy of Jordan, Washington, D.C.|Jordan]], [[Embassy of Kuwait in Washington, D.C.|Kuwait]], [[Embassy of Malaysia, Washington, D.C.|Malaysia]], [[Embassy of Morocco, Washington, D.C.|Morocco]], [[Embassy of Monaco in Washington, D.C.|Monaco]], [[Embassy of Nigeria, Washington, D.C.|Nigeria]], [[Embassy of Pakistan, Washington, D.C.|Pakistan]], [[Embassy of Singapore, Washington, D.C.|Singapore]], [[Embassy of Slovakia, Washington, D.C.|Slovakia]], and the [[Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, Washington, D.C.|United Arab Emirates]].<ref name="icc">{{Cite web | author=United States Department of State | author-link=United States Department of State | title=History of the International Chancery Center (ICC) | url=https://www.state.gov/ofm/property/icc/index.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429063551/https://www.state.gov/ofm/property/icc/index.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2017-04-29 | access-date=5 October 2018 }}</ref>

A number of other embassies are scattered south of Massachusetts Avenue and closer to the [[National Mall]], notably those of [[Embassy of Canada, Washington, D.C.|Canada]], [[Embassy of Mexico, Washington, D.C.|Mexico]], [[Embassy of Spain, Washington, D.C.|Spain]], [[Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C.|Saudi Arabia]], and the [[Delegation of the European Union to the United States|European Union]]. Still others are located in or around Georgetown, such as those of [[Embassy of France, Washington, D.C.|France]], [[Embassy of Germany, Washington, D.C.|Germany]], [[Embassy of Russia in Washington, D.C.|Russia]], [[House of Sweden|Sweden]], [[Embassy of Thailand in Washington, D.C.|Thailand]], [[Embassy of Ukraine, Washington, D.C.|Ukraine]], and [[Embassy of Venezuela, Washington, D.C.|Venezuela]]. The Caribbean Chancery on 3216 New Mexico Avenue NW hosts the embassies of four English-speaking Caribbean nations.