Jules Henri de Sibour

Jules Henri de Sibour designed the Wilkins house at 1700 Massachusetts Avenue for Emily J. Wilkins in 1909. The residence later became Australia's embassy and, after Peru bought it in 1973, a Peruvian chancery. ¹

Born in Paris in 1872, de Sibour attended Yale and returned to France for architectural training in the atelier of Daumet and Esquié. He then worked for Bruce Price in New York, became a partner in 1902, and continued using the firm's name after Price died in 1903. He developed a Washington practice designing houses for wealthy clients before expanding into commercial and federal commissions. ²

His Clarence Moore house at 1746 Massachusetts Avenue, begun in 1906 and completed in 1909, followed a similar diplomatic succession. Canada purchased it in 1927 and Uzbekistan in 1996. Plans carried the name Bruce Price and de Sibour, although Price had died before construction began. De Sibour remained active into the 1930s and died in Washington in 1938. ^{3, 4, 2}