The Embassy of Belarus located at 1619 New Hampshire Avenue NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The Beaux-Arts style embassy, built in the 1890s as a private residence, is designated as a contributing property to the Dupont Circle Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Past occupants include insurance executive David S. Hendrick (who died in the home and whose funeral was held there), Rear Admiral Edward Hickman Gheen, Captain Clarence Crittenden Calhoun, the Woman's Universal Alliance, businessman John G. Jaeger, the Arctic Institue of North America, the Society of Woman Geographers, and Bring a Parent, Inc.