The French ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C. is located at 2221 Kalorama Road, N.W., in the Sheridan-Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
It was designed by Jules Henri de Sibour in 1910, the building is a combination of Tudor Revival and Jacobean Revival styles of architecture. It is designated as a contributing property to the Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The home was completed for the Lawrence family of Philadelphia in 1911, who owned a lead paint manufacturing company. In 1917 it was sold to the mining magnate John Hays Hammond. The French took ownership in 1936, and used it as the French ambassador's residence since then. The Chancery was located nearby until the mid-1980's, on Belmont Road.
A full technical renovation has been executed from 2014 to 2015.
The Embassy of France sold a 0.58-acre lot adjoining the residence in 2017.
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External links
- Virtual Visit of the Residence of France
- wikimapia
- French Heritage Society
- "Light Opera", Biz Bash, 06.11.08
- "The French Heritage Society: In Washington for New Orleans", New York Social Diary, Carol Joynt
- French Ambassador's Residence Part 1
- "Vanity Fair, Bloomberg team up at the French Residence". May 9, 2009
- Inauguration ball at the French ambassador's residence
- The 2011 Vanity Fair/Bloomberg White House Correspondents' Dinner Party
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