CHANCERIESTHE DIPLOMATIC ATLAS

Embassy of the French Republic

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Embassy of the French Republic

4101 Reservoir Rd NW Washington DC 20007

The main office building surrounds a series of courtyards on the Reservoir Road campus, beside La Maison Française.

FactValueBasis and sources
Constructed1984verified Construction ran from May 1982 to December 1984.
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Acquired by France1973verified Acquisition of the site, before construction.
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NeighborhoodBurleithverified DC assessment neighborhood.
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ArchitectAndré Remondetverified
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Rooms175–300 est.estimated; Editorial estimate from the documented 160,000 sq ft floor area. Assume that 55–65% is enclosed, occupied room area, with an average of 350–500 sq ft per room; round the resulting limits outward to the nearest five rooms. Circulation, parking, stairs and open workstations are not counted as rooms. The allocation and room sizes are assumptions, not measurements from a floor plan. The estimate uses 160,000 sq ft; a larger historical figure also includes three parking levels.
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Floor area160,000 sq ftverified; DC CAMA living gross building area
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Site area348,500 sq ftverified; Parcel total: 1320/0802. DC ITSPE LANDAREA, recorded square feet. Roads and unrelated neighboring parcels excluded.
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2026 Value$79.3Mverified; Parcel total: 1320/0802. Active 2026 DC ITSPE ASSESSMENT; land plus improvements. Not proposed value, tax owed, sale price or leasehold value.
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French Ambassador’s Residence

2221 Kalorama Rd NW Washington DC 20008

France acquired the Lawrence–Hammond house in 1936. Its brick and limestone exterior, steep gables and towers overlook a separate Kalorama garden.

FactValueBasis and sources
Constructed1911verified Historic nomination records the 1910 building permit; current CAMA gives 1911 as average year built. The range preserves that distinction.
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Acquired by France1936verified
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NeighborhoodKaloramaverified DC assessment neighborhood.
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ArchitectJules Henri de Sibourverified
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Rooms35verified; Current DC residential CAMA ROOMS for the identified dwelling; this assessor count is distinct from bedrooms, bathrooms or the number of modeled room studies.
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Floor area20,300 sq ftverified; DC CAMA gross building area
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Site area107,100 sq ftverified; Parcel total: 2526/0194. DC ITSPE LANDAREA, recorded square feet. Roads and unrelated neighboring parcels excluded.
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2026 Value$41.4Mverified; Parcel total: 2526/0194. Active 2026 DC ITSPE ASSESSMENT; land plus improvements. Not proposed value, tax owed, sale price or leasehold value.
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Historic Moments

An alliance for independence

1778-02-06

French and American representatives sign treaties of alliance and amity in Paris. France recognizes the United States and becomes an ally in its struggle for independence.

Former allies fight at sea

1798–1800

American and French ships fight an undeclared war after seizures of merchant vessels and failed negotiations. A new agreement ends the conflict and the alliance inherited from the Revolution.

Lafayette returns to Congress

1824-12-10

The aging French hero of the American Revolution addresses the House of Representatives during his celebrated return to the United States, renewing a friendship forged in war.

Allied forces land in Normandy

1944-06-06

American troops join the Allied landings on the Normandy coast. The invasion opens a western front and begins the campaign to liberate occupied France.

France changes the terms of the alliance

1966

Charles de Gaulle withdraws France from NATO’s integrated military command and asks foreign forces to leave. France remains in the alliance, while American bases and Allied headquarters relocate.

France opposes war in Iraq

2003-02-14

France argues at the United Nations for more time to inspect Iraq’s weapons programs. The United States proceeds to war, exposing a deep disagreement between the allies.

Chiefs of Mission

DiplomatOfficeRecorded serviceStatus
Aurélien LechevallierAmbassador2026–PresentCurrent
Laurent BiliAmbassador2023–2026Former
Aurélie BonalChargé d’affaires2023 (documented)Former
Nathalie BroadhurstChargé d’affaires2020 (documented)Former
Philippe ÉtienneAmbassador2019–2023Former
Gérard AraudAmbassador2014–2019Former
François DelattreAmbassador2011–2014Former
François RivasseauChargé d’affaires2011 (documented)Former
Pierre VimontAmbassador2007–2010Former
Jean-David LevitteAmbassador2002–2007Former
François Bujon de l’EstangAmbassador1995–2002Former
Jacques AndréaniAmbassador1989–1995Former
Emmanuel Jacquin de MargerieAmbassador1984–1989Former
Bernard Vernier-PalliezAmbassador1981–1984Former
François Lefebvre de LaboulayeAmbassador1977–1981Former
Jacques Kosciusko-MorizetAmbassador1972–1977Former
Charles LucetAmbassador1965–1972Former
Hervé AlphandAmbassador1956–1965Former
Maurice Couve de MurvilleAmbassador1954–1956Former
Henri BonnetAmbassador1944–1954Former
Henri HoppenotRepresentative1943–1944Former
Adrien TixierRepresentative1941–1943Former
Gaston Henry-HayeAmbassador1940–1942Former
Jacques TruelleChargé d’affaires1938 (documented)Former
René de Saint-QuentinAmbassador1938–1940Former
Jules HenryChargé d’affaires1937–1938Former
Georges BonnetAmbassador1937Former
André de LaboulayeAmbassador1933–1937Former
Count de SartigesChargé d’affaires1928 (documented)Former
Count de SartigesChargé d’affaires1927 (documented)Former
Paul ClaudelAmbassador1927–1933Former
Henry BérengerAmbassador1926–1927Former
Émile DaeschnerAmbassador1925–1926Former
Jean Jules JusserandAmbassador1903–1924Former
Pierre de MargerieChargé d’affaires1902–1903Former
Jules CambonAmbassador1898–1902Former
Paul LefaivreChargé d’affaires1897–1898Former
Jules PatenôtreAmbassador1893–1897Former
Jules PatenôtreMinister1891–1893Former
H. DenantChargé d’affaires1883 (documented)Former
Théodore RoustanMinister1882–1891Former
De VaugelasChargé d’affaires1877 (documented)Former
Georges-Maxime OutreyMinister1877–1882Former
Amédée BartholdiMinister1873–1877Former
Emmanuel-Henri-Victurnien de NoaillesMinister1872–1873Former
Henry de BellonnetChargé d’affaires1871–1872Former
Jules TreilhardMinister1870–1871Former
Jules BerthémyMinister1870Former
Lucien-Anatole Prévost-ParadolMinister1870Former
Moreau-FaverneyChargé d’affaires1869–1870Former
Jules BerthémyMinister1866–1870Former
Charles-François-Frédéric de MontholonMinister1865–1866Former
Louis de GeofroyChargé d’affaires1863–1865Former
Henri MercierMinister1860–1863Former
Jules TreilhardChargé d’affaires1859–1860Former
BoilleauChargé d’affaires1852–1854 (documented period)Former
Eugène de SartigesMinister1851–1859Former
Ernest Sain de BoislecomteMinister1849–1851Former
Guillaume-Tell PoussinMinister1848–1849Former
Alphonse PageotMinister1843–1848Former
Chatry de La FosseChargé d’affaires1842Former
Adolphe de BacourtMinister1840–1842Former
Alphonse PageotChargé d’affaires1839–1840Former
Charles-Édouard PontoisMinister1837–1839Former
Alphonse PageotChargé d’affaires1835–1837Former
Louis-Charles-Barbé SérurierMinister1831–1835Former
Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard Roux de RochelleMinister1830–1831Former
Charles-Jules de MenouChargé d’affaires1830Former
Joseph-Alexandre-Jacques Durant de MareuilMinister1824–1830Former
Charles-Jules de MenouChargé d’affaires1822–1824Former
RothChargé d’affaires1820–1821Former
Jean-Guillaume Hyde de NeuvilleMinister1816–1822Former
Louis-Charles-Barbé SérurierMinister1811–1816Former
Félix de BeaujourChargé d’affaires1804Former
Louis-Marie TurreauMinister1804–1811Former
Louis-André PichonChargé d’affaires1801–1804Former
Pierre-Auguste AdetMinister1795–1796Former
Joseph FauchetMinister1794–1795Former
Edmond-Charles GenêtMinister1793–1794Former
Jean-Baptiste de TernantMinister1791–1793Former
Louis-Guillaume OttoChargé d’affaires1789–1791Former
Éléonore-François-Élie de MoustierMinister1788–1789Former
Louis-Guillaume OttoChargé d’affaires1785–1788Former
François Barbé-MarboisChargé d’affaires1784–1785Former
Anne-César de La LuzerneMinister1779–1784Former
Conrad-Alexandre GérardMinister1778–1779Former