Embassy of the Republic of India

The 1901 Depew House and its cream-colored neighbor form a connected chancery. India acquired Depew House in 1946; their rear wings open onto Hillyer Court.

Scope and Evidence

Official mission history. The 1907 addition is a distinct phase. Conflicting CAMA years 1900 and 0 are not adopted.

Official history explicitly identifies the 1946 acquisition of Depew House and connection to the other building. Purchase dates for the individual cadastral parcels remain unresolved.

Sum of two commercial CAMA LIVING_GBA fields. The total uses the assessor’s LIVING_GBA field; usable office area is unknown.

LANDAREA sum of two active parcels, without overlap or duplicate rows.

Active CY1YEAR 2026 ASSESSMENT sum; not NEWTOTAL, tax owed or market value.

Center of the two parcels’ bounding box.

Excludes the 2536 Massachusetts Avenue consular wing and all other Indian properties.

The red-brick east neighbor is in Phillips Collection parcel 0066/0080. Roofline 9943 merges it with the chancery and must not be treated as one embassy footprint.

Original purchase price is unverified and remains null.

Parcel components: 0066 0835: 6,290 sq ft, 2026 assessment $8,878,630 (land $2,577,330, improvements $6,301,300).; 0066 0834: 7,205 sq ft, 2026 assessment $9,083,580 (land $2,952,250, improvements $6,131,330).

Architect attribution applies to the 1901 Depew House only. The architect of the older house and its 1907 enlargement has not been verified.

Enclosed offices, meeting and reception rooms, kitchens and other occupiable service rooms in both connected chancery houses; excludes corridors, stairs, toilets, closets and the number of modeled room studies.

A deliberately broad editorial range based on the evidenced 37,984 sq ft (3,528.83 m²) combined CAMA area, two historic mansions with several visible levels, large formal rooms and office conversion. Allow 45–65% of gross area as room floor area and approximately 23–33 m² per average occupiable room after larger formal spaces and smaller office/service rooms balance. The calculation yields 48–100 rooms, rounded to a published estimate of 50–100. Replace it with an official inventory if obtained.

The exterior is calibrated against the 2023 DC roofline and parcel overlay. Frontage is approximately 13 m for the west house and 16.6 m for Depew House. Vertical dimensions, window recesses and carved ornament are photographic estimates. The rear stair and service volumes are bounded interpretations of supplied aerial and Hillyer Court views. The 2023 roofline combines the embassy with an adjoining Phillips Collection building; the neighbor is excluded from all India totals.

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