The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Washington, D.C., also known as the Clarence Moore House and the Old Canadian Embassy, is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United States and a contributing property to the Massachusetts Avenue Historic District. The embassy is located at 1746 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, on Embassy Row in Washington, D.C. between Scott Circle and Dupont Circle. Constructed in 1909, the Clarence Moore Hou...
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The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Washington, D.C., also known as the Clarence Moore House and the Old Canadian Embassy, is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United States and a contributing property to the Massachusetts Avenue Historic District. The embassy is located at 1746 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, on Embassy Row in Washington, D.C. between Scott Circle and Dupont Circle. Constructed in 1909, the Clarence Moore House is an example of Beaux Arts architecture in blond Roman brick with limestone dressings; it was used by the Canadian government until the 1980s. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 3, 1973, and it is also a contributing property in a larger historic district that is also listed on the National Register.
Clarence Moore, a coal magnate from West Virginia and member of private clubs in Paris and New York City, chose the New York City-based architect Bruce Price and the Washington-based Jules Henri de Sibour...
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