Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-09-27
DIPLOMATS HERE WORK
In BUSINESSLIKE WAY
Foreign ENJOYS All Maintain Well
Equipped Offices-Some Have Quar-
tiers in Downtown Buildings.

for new quarters, are in frame quar-
ters in the rear Of the mansion.
One of the handsomest and at the
same time one of the most convenient
ly arranged Of the embassies in Wash
ington Is that recently erected by the
Italian government. Located on upper
Sixteenth street, in the heart of a dip
French, Mexican, Cuban. Polish, Span
ish, Netherlands and Swiss missions
in this country, the italian embassy
is built four-sQuare around large
! central court. with the offices occu-
plying the rear side and connected
with the residence portion of the
building by collonade along one side
of the court. There is separate en-
trance to the Offices on the side street.
The Cuban embassy, situated on
Sixteenth street a short distance above
Meridian Hill Park, is one of the most
palatial in the city. 1t Is we'll ar
ranged both for reception and office
purposes. On entering through the
main door one is confronted by wide
marble staircase a short distance back
in the spacious hallway, leading up to
balconies on the second floor. around
which are large salon, dining room
and other rooms which are used on
the occasion of receptions at the en-
bassy. The living quarters are on
the floor above. The offices occupy
one entire side of the ground floor.
with a separate entrance at the side,
while the ambassador has his private
offices on the opposite side of the same
floor. A handsomely furnished H.
brary with beautifully carved wood
work and an ornate marble fireplace,
takes up the central portion of the
rear on the ground floor.
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About a third of the foreign gov
ernments represented here own the
buildings which they occupy as EN-
bassies and legations. Some of the
structures have been built for their
special purposes. while others have
been bought. France, which up to
the present time has rented quarters
here, now owns the large tract of
land on the north side of Meridian Hill
Park, commanding magnificent view
of the city. with the Jeanne dare
statue in the foreground in the center
of the park, and on this site the
French are planning to erect a hand
some embassy building. 1t will be
only a stones throw from the resi-
dence on Sixteenth street which they
have occupied for nearly 20 years.
The British government, which has
owned It's embassy here for many years
past, has sold the valuable property on
Connecticut avenue and is planning to
build a new home for it's ambassador
on Massachusetts avenue, adjoining
the United States Naval Observatory
grounds. Among the other govern
ments which own their embassies or
legations here are Argentina, Belgium,
Chile, Cuba, Germany, Guatemala,
Italy, Japan, Mexico. Netherlands,
Panama, Poland. Russia and Siam.
Mexico was one of the first of the for
eign governments to purchase it's own
property here. and several years ago
sold the large house on street which
it has occupied for many years, that
being now a business section, buying
the spacious MacVeagh residence on
upper Sixteenth street, to which an
addition was built for offices.