page_title: Landon School
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: Landon School / Background
caption_attribution_description: English: The Embassy of Estonia located at 2131 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., in the Sheridan-Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Constructed in 1905 for physician George A. Barrie, the Flatiron-style building is designated as a contributing property to the Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District and the Massachusetts Avenue Historic District. Notable past tenants include the Peruvian embassy, Landon School, U.S. Senator James H. Brady, and Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves.
context_page_description: Landon School is a private, nonsectarian, college preparatory school for boys in grades 3–12, with an enrollment of approximately 680 students, in Bethesda, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C.
context_section_description: Paul Landon Banfield and his wife, Mary Lee, founded Landon School in 1929. The school’s first location was a former residence in the Sheridan-Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C., now home to the Embassy of Estonia. Banfield moved Landon to its present 75-acre (300,000 m²) campus in Bethesda in 1935. The farmhouse, stables, and barn from the previous use of the Bethesda property still stand on the campus and are used today.
  The Landon School's headmasters have been:
  Paul Landon Banfield: 1929–1970
  Hugh Riddleberger: 1970–1981
  Malcolm Coates: 1981–1989
  Damon F. Bradley: 1990–2004
  David M. Armstrong: 2004–2015
  Jim Neill: 2015–current
caption: The school's original location in Washington, D.C. now serves as the Embassy of Estonia.
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