Moore, Clarence, House (Old Canadian Embassy)
- Architect
- Bruce Price
- Style
- Beaux-Arts
- City
- Washington, DC
- Collection
- the city beautiful
This house at 1746 Massachusetts Avenue NW was designed in the Beaux-Arts style by architect Bruce Price. It carries the name Old Canadian Embassy for its later diplomatic use, and is recognized as both a DC Historic Landmark and a National Register of Historic Places listing.
the style
The house is recorded as Beaux-Arts in style; no further design detail is documented beyond that designation.
More on Beaux-Artssignificance
The house is a DC Historic Landmark (#L_0121) and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It later served as the Canadian Embassy, the source of the name it carries today.
nearby
- Andrew Mellon Building
- General Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters
- Wadsworth, Herbert House (Sulgrave Club)
- Saint Matthew's Cathedral and Rectory
- Dupont Circle Building
- Patterson House (Washington Club)