Codman-Davis House

Architect
Ogden Codman, Jr.
Style
Neoclassical
City
Washington, DC
Collection
the city beautiful
Codman-Davis House
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The Codman-Davis House at 2145 Decatur Place NW is a four-story red brick house completed in 1906, designed by architect Ogden Codman Jr. for his cousin, Martha Codman of Washington and Newport, Rhode Island. Codman also designed the nearby Codman Carriage House and Stable for the same client. By 1995 the house was serving as the residence of the Thai ambassador.

the style

Codman designed the house in a classical revival mode, expressed through red brick construction.

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the architect

Ogden Codman Jr. designed the house for his cousin Martha Codman, who also commissioned his nearby Codman Carriage House and Stable.

significance

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and by 1995 in diplomatic use as the residence of the Thai ambassador.

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