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Albert I. Cassell, one of Washington's first professionally trained African American architects, designed the three-story buildings in the Colonial Revival style. They are among the first federally subsidized housing projects for African Americans in the United States. [2] The complex was built on the former location of the Benning Race Track
The buildings of the Hampshire Garden Apartments compose the first fully developed garden apartment complex in the city, although only part of it was built. [2] The initial plan was for the complex to have 2,500 units, but the Great Depression brought construction to an end in 1929. The complex was built as middle-class housing and was an early ...
Private residences and embassies located on Massachusetts Avenue between 22nd Street and Sheridan Circle The Indian Embassy building with the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial in the foreground. Embassy Row is the informal name for a section of Northwest Washington, D.C., with a high concentration of embassies, diplomatic missions, and diplomatic ...
Washington, DC: Home to the Cosmos Club since 1952 [19] more images: Walsh-McLean House: 1903: Washington, DC: Today the Embassy of Indonesia [20] more images: Anderson House: 1905: Beaux-Arts: Little & Browne: Washington, DC: Built for Lartz Anderson. Today, it houses the Society of the Cincinnati's headquarters [21] [7] more images: Perry ...
"Anacostia Historic District" at the Washington, D.C., National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary (Web site maintained by the National Park Service) Anacostia Historic District brochure Archived 2010-01-08 at the Wayback Machine (published by the Office of Planning, Government of the District of Columbia) "Anacostia Historic District."
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens is a decorative arts museum in Washington, D.C., United States. The former residence of businesswoman, socialite, philanthropist and collector Marjorie Merriweather Post, Hillwood is known for its large decorative arts collection that focuses heavily on the House of Romanov, including two Fabergé eggs.
India House is a large Victorian Mansion at 65 Cromwell Avenue, Highgate, North London.It was inaugurated on 1 July 1905 by Henry Hyndman in a ceremony attended by, among others, Dadabhai Naoroji, Charlotte Despard and Bhikaji Cama [14] When opened as a student-hostel in 1905, it provided accommodation for up to thirty students. [15]
The Embassy of India in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of India to the United States. It is headed by the Indian Ambassador to the United States, Vinay Mohan Kwatra. India also has consulates-general in Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, New York City, San Francisco and Seattle which are all associated with the Indian ...