2205 Massachusetts Avenue

2500 Massachusetts Avenue
The house in 2009.
Location2500 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D.C., U.S
ArchitectLouis D. Meline
Nathan C. Wyeth
Louis E. Sholtes
Architectural style(s)Colonial Revival
OwnerAnnie Jenness Miller (previous)
E.H. Aslop (previous)
Frank Putnam Flint (previous)
Oliver Hazard Perry Johnson (previous)
Embassy of Iraq (previous)
National Society Daughters of the American Colonists (current)

2205 Massachusetts Avenue is a historic mansion on Embassy Row in Washington, D.C. The house has served as the headquarters of the National Society Daughters of the American Colonists since 1960.

History

The townhome is located on Embassy Row in the Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District of Washington, D.C.

The architect Louis D. Meline built the house in 1902.[1] The architect Nathan C. Wyeth made changes in 1905 for Annie Jenness Miller.[2] The architect Waddy B. Wood redid the house in 1920 for E.H. Aslop.[3] The architect Louis E. Sholtes worked on th house in 1922.[4]

The house was the Washington, D.C. residence of Republican Senator Frank Putnam Flint of California.[citation needed] It was also, at one point, owned by Oliver Hazard Perry Johnson, the vice president of the National Metropolitan Bank.[citation needed] The Embassy of Iraq in Washington, D.C. owned the residence.[citation needed]

In 1960, the house was purchased by the National Society Daughters of the American Colonists to serve as their headquarters.[5] It also houses their national archives and library.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Massachusetts Avenue, Washington DC". www.bfcollection.net. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  2. ^ "Sixteenth Street architecture / prepared by Sue A. Kohler, Jeffrey R. Carson v.1". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  3. ^ pls4e (2018-07-16). "Headquarters of the National Society, Daughters of the American Colonists". SAH ARCHIPEDIA. Retrieved 2024-10-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ James M. Goode (1988). Best Addresses: A Century of Washington's Distinguished Apartment Houses. Smithsonian. p. 222.
  5. ^ a b "The National Society DAC Headquarters". nsdac.org. Retrieved 2024-10-20.