Pink Palace (Washington, D.C.)
Pink Palace | |
![]() The house in 1923 | |
Location | 2600 16th St., NW Washington, D.C. |
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Coordinates | 38°55′23″N 77°2′13″W / 38.92306°N 77.03694°W |
Built | 1906 |
Architect | George Oakley Totten Jr. |
NRHP reference No. | 91000916 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 5, 1991 |
The Pink Palace, also known as the Mrs. Marshall Field House and the Inter-American Defense Board, is a historic house located in the Meridian Hill neighborhood in Washington, D.C. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 5, 1991.[2] George Oakley Totten Jr. was the architect for the structure that was completed in 1906. Additions were made to the house in 1912 and 1988.[3] It has served as the seat of the Inter-American Defense Board since 1945.[2]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b ""Pink Palace" (Mrs. Marshall Field House; Inter-American Defense Board) - This once "Pink Palace" hoped to create a grand entrance into the nation's capital along Sixteenth Street". DC Historic Sites. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- ^ "District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites". DC Preservation. Archived from the original on July 1, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
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