McCormick House (Washington, D.C.)
Encyclopedia
McCormick House is the residence of the Brazilian ambassador to the United States
. It is located at 3000 Massachusetts Avenue
, Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the Embassy Row
neighborhood.
by Robert Sanderson McCormick
and Katherine Medill MacCormick, and was completed in 1931.
The Brazilian embassy purchased the home in 1934, for $200,000.
The Brazilians were the second nation to have an embassy on what is today Embassy Row.
In 1971 a new chancery was constructed next door. The very modern structure was designed by Brazilian architect Olavo Redig de Campos.
38.918687°N 77.0602434°W
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is located at 3000 Massachusetts Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue may refer to:* Massachusetts Avenue , Massachusetts, also:** Massachusetts Avenue , a subway station on the MBTA Orange Line...
, Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the 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.
History
It was commissioned in 1908, from John Russell PopeJohn Russell Pope
John Russell Pope was an architect most known for his designs of the National Archives and Records Administration building , the Jefferson Memorial and the West Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.-Biography:Pope was born in New York in 1874, the son of a successful...
by Robert Sanderson McCormick
Robert Sanderson McCormick
Robert Sanderson McCormick was a United States diplomat. Born in rural Virginia, his extended McCormick family became influential in Chicago.-Life:...
and Katherine Medill MacCormick, and was completed in 1931.
The Brazilian embassy purchased the home in 1934, for $200,000.
The Brazilians were the second nation to have an embassy on what is today Embassy Row.
In 1971 a new chancery was constructed next door. The very modern structure was designed by Brazilian architect Olavo Redig de Campos.
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38.918687°N 77.0602434°W