Embassy of South Africa in Washington
Encyclopedia
The South African Embassy in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission
of the Republic of South Africa
to the United States
. It is located at 3051 Massachusetts Avenue
, Northwest, Washington, D.C. in Embassy Row
neighborhood.
South Africa sent its first delegation to the United States in 1929. In 1949 it was raised to a formal embassy. The embassy buildings were built in 1936. Previously the delegation had been housed in a series of leased properties. The original portion now serves as the ambassadorial residence and a new chancery wing was built next door in 1964. Both structures are in the Cape Dutch style, but with Indiana limestone
instead of the traditional whitewashed plaster. The complex is no longer large enough to house the entire ambassadorial delegation service and several offices are located in an annex on Connecticut Avenue.
Diplomatic mission
A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organisation present in another state to represent the sending state/organisation in the receiving state...
of the Republic of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is located at 3051 Massachusetts Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
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, Northwest, Washington, D.C. in Embassy Row
Embassy Row
Embassy Row is the informal name for a street or area of a city in which embassies or other diplomatic installations are concentrated. Washington, D.C.'s Embassy Row lies along Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., and its cross streets between Thomas Circle and Ward Circle, although the vast majority of...
neighborhood.
South Africa sent its first delegation to the United States in 1929. In 1949 it was raised to a formal embassy. The embassy buildings were built in 1936. Previously the delegation had been housed in a series of leased properties. The original portion now serves as the ambassadorial residence and a new chancery wing was built next door in 1964. Both structures are in the Cape Dutch style, but with Indiana limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
instead of the traditional whitewashed plaster. The complex is no longer large enough to house the entire ambassadorial delegation service and several offices are located in an annex on Connecticut Avenue.