Josephine Butler Parks Center is an historic house, located at 2437 15th Street,
Northwest, Washington, D.C.
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, in the
Meridian Hill
Meridian Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park, is a structured urban park located in the Washington, D.C., neighborhood of Columbia Heights; it also abuts the nearby neighborhood of Adams Morgan. The park was designed and built between 1912 a ...
neighborhood. It was listed on the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
as House at 2437 Fifteenth Street, NW.
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History
The 1927 Renaissance revival house was designed by George Oakley Totten Jr., for Mary Foote Henderson
Mary Foote Henderson (July 21, 1842 – July 16, 1931) was an American author, real estate developer, and social activist from the U.S. state of New York who was known as "The Empress of Sixteenth Street". Henderson was a notable supporter of wom ...
, widow of Senator John B. Henderson.
In 1941, the house was sold to the American Legion
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War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militi ...
.
In 1951, it became the embassy of the People's Republic of Hungary.
In 1977, it bought by B.C.G. Associates, and rented,
In 1982, it was bought by the New China News Agency.
In 1987, it was bought by Coolidge House Associates.
See also
*Embassy of Ecuador in Washington, D.C.
The Embassy of Ecuador in Washington, D.C., is the Republic of Ecuador's diplomatic mission to the United States. It is located at 2535 15th Street N.W. in Washington, D.C.'s Columbia Heights neighborhood. The current building has been used as an ...
, next door at 2535 Fifteenth St.
References
Columbia Heights, Washington, D.C.
Houses completed in 1927
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
Renaissance Revival architecture in Washington, D.C.
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