Английская Википедия:French ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C.
Шаблон:Infobox NRHP The French ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C. is located at 2221 Kalorama Road, N.W., in the Kalorama neighborhood of northwest Washington, D.C.[1][2]
History
The residence, built in 1910, was designed by the French-born American architect Jules Henri de Sibour for William Watson Lawrence (1859-1916),[3] a paint and white lead manufacturer.[2] It was later the home of the mining millionaire John Hays Hammond.[4][5] The mansion was purchased by the French government in 1936,[2] and served as the French chancery (embassy building) until 1985, when the current chancery in northwest Washington was completed on Reservoir Road.[6] The completion of the Reservoir Road embassy allowed the 400 employees of the French diplomatic mission at the time to work in a single location, rather than at the ten different offices scattered around Washington, where French diplomats had previously worked.[7]
In 1941, the French government purchased additional lots of land overlooking Kalorama Circle,[1] bringing the total size of the property to Шаблон:Convert.[1][2] In 2017, however, the French government sold an empty tract of Шаблон:Convert of the property.[1] The sale brought the total size of the property to about Шаблон:Convert, which is still the largest tract of land in Kalorama.[1]
In February 2015, the manor house reopened after undergoing a $4.5 million, two-year renovation and restoration.[2] During the renovation, Ambassador Gérard Araud, lived in a house in Foxhall Road.[8]
On Bastille Day 2021, a replica of the Statue of Liberty that used to reside at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris was installed and dedicated on the grounds of the residence. [9]
Description and use
It is the largest single-family home in the Kalorama neighborhood;[10] a 1980 guidebook published by Smithsonian Institution Press describes the home's setting as "a dramatic and beautiful site high above Rock Creek."[11] Constructed of brick and limestone, the mansion house is described in National Register of Historic Places papers as an "imposing structure" with irregular massing, with its most prominent feature being a "dominant entry bay with large gables is anchored by two flanking square towers, each capped by a stone balustrade."[10] Its architectural style has been variously described as Tudor Revival[2] Jacobean Revival,[6] and French Eclectic.[10] In 2015, the estimated value of the property was $25–30 million.[8] The home is Шаблон:Convert in size and has 19 bedrooms.[8]
Known for its elegant parties,[8] the home features art and decoration in both formal/traditional styles and modern styles.[2] The main floor features several large reception rooms,[2][8] including a dining room, an Empire Salon in the formal style, a "Winter Salon" in the modern style, and the Salon des Boiseries (paneled room) and, to the rear of the building, a terrace.[2] The main floor also includes a huge entrance hall and grand staircase.[2] Three guest rooms and the ambassador's private apartment are on the floor above; additional guest rooms are on the topmost floor.[8][2] The art includes pieces borrowed from Versailles and the Louvre.[2] Works are mostly by French artists such as Pierre Bonnard, but also by non-French artists such as Igor Mitoraj.[2] The residents hosts some 10,000 people annually for receptions, cocktails, cultural events, and other occasions.[8]
It is designated as one of many contributing properties to the Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District,[12] a historic district roughly bounded by Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Florida Avenue, N.W., 22nd Street, N.W., P Street, N.W., and Rock Creek.[10] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[10]
References
External links
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 Kathy Orton, Want to be neighbors with the Obamas, Ivanka Trump and Jeff Bezos? Here's what it will cost you., Washington Post (February 15, 2017).
- ↑ 2,00 2,01 2,02 2,03 2,04 2,05 2,06 2,07 2,08 2,09 2,10 2,11 2,12 Jura Koncius, The French Embassy residence: Grand, rested and ready to host parties, Washington Post (April 23, 2015).
- ↑ Yearbook of the Pennsylvania Society of New York, 1917.
- ↑ Washington, City and Capital, American Guide Series, Federal Writers' Project, Works Progress Administration (1937), p. 699.
- ↑ Isabelle Gournay, "Appendix: Architects and the French Connection in Washington, D.C." in Paris on the Potomac: The French Influence on the Architecture and Art of Washington, D.C. (eds. Cynthia R. Field, Isabelle Gournay & Thomas P. Somma: Ohio University Press, 2007), p. 152.
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 Frances Stead Sellers, D.C. diplomatic missions produce coffee table books to show off their embassies, traditions, Washington Post (May 6, 2014).
- ↑ Barbara Gamarekian, Embassy Row: Beyond the Borders of Immunity, New York Times (January 13, 1984).
- ↑ 8,0 8,1 8,2 8,3 8,4 8,5 8,6 Roxanne Roberts, The French ambassador's house has reopened? Now that’s a gala event., Washington Post (March 3, 2015).
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 10,0 10,1 10,2 10,3 10,4 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District, United States Department of the Interior National Park Service, page 52 (page 56 of PDF).
- ↑ Allan A. Hodges & Carol A. Hodges, Washington on Foot: 23 Walking Tours of Washington, D.C., Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, and Historic Annapolis, Maryland (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980), p. 128.
- ↑ Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District Contributing Structures, District of Columbia Office of Planning (April 2, 2016).
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