CHANCERIESTHE DIPLOMATIC ATLAS

Former Italian Embassy on Sixteenth Street

2700 16th Street NW, Washington, DC

The Sixteenth Street Embassy

Whitney Warren and Charles D. Wetmore designed Italy’s embassy at 16th and Fuller streets, completed in 1925. [1]

Italy inaugurated the ambassador’s new home at Villa Firenze in 1977 and its Whitehaven Street chancery in 2000. The later owner’s history dates the old embassy’s diplomatic use through 2002. In 2015, Mill Creek Residential acquired the property and announced plans to convert the historic building into apartments alongside a new residential tower. [2] [3] [1]

Diplomatic Use

Changes to the Property

  • Construction: 1925 [1]
  • Acquisition announced: 2015-06-30. Mill Creek reported its acquisition on this date; the closing date was not inspected. [1]

Sources

  1. Mill Creek Acquires Former Italian Embassy Building

    Opening acquisition and building-history paragraphs

  2. The Residence

    History of Villa Firenze, opening and final historical paragraphs

  3. Headquarters

    Opening project history, paragraphs 1-3

  4. Italy: recognition and diplomatic relations

    Summary and recognition: Kingdom of Italy from 1861; Republic of Italy after 1946

Notes

  • The new chancery was inaugurated in 2000; a subsequent owner dates the old building’s diplomatic use through 2002.
  • The stated opening and final-use years do not establish uninterrupted occupancy across the Second World War.

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Former Italian Embassy on Sixteenth Street. Chanceries Diplopedia. Record version e10255d85cc2c545dba9.

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