You are standing at the edge of Embassy Row

You are standing at the edge of Embassy Row (HM24NP)

Location: Washington, DC 20036
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 54.497', W 77° 2.382'

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Dupont Circle

—Diverse Visions, One Neighborhood —

Fire Fact, 1871
The District of Columbia Fire Department was established on September 23, 1871 and included six fire companies. The "all-paid" fire department replaced the volunteer fire companies that had protected the Districts.

Caption: Fire Department information and images courtesy of Capitol Fire Museum
Original members of the Washington City Fire Department


Fire alarm boxes such as this one (originally painted red) were installed in the District after the Civil War. Telegraphs transmitted the box number (top) to a fire alarm center. This system was used until the 1970s when the boxes were converted to a telephone system. By the 1990s, the callbox system had been replaced by the 911 system and was abandoned.

You are standing at the edge of Embassy Row, which proceeds along Massachusetts Ave. from 16th St. almost to Wisconsin Ave. at Observatory Circle. This boulevard of grand mansions, row houses, and embassies, represents the finest realizations of L'Enfant's Baroque vision of grand vistas and diagonal avenues for the new nation's capital.

The majestic Beaux-Arts building nearby, now the Uzbekistan Embassy, (above) was built in the early 1900s as a residence for a wealthy sportsman, Clarence Moore. Legend has it that he sailed to England in 1912



to acquire foxhounds for the Chevy Chase Hunt Club (later Country Club) but died on his return aboard the Titanic. (The dogs made it safely on another boat.) The home was bought by Mabel Swift of the Chicago Swift family, owners of one of the nation's largest meat-packing companies of the early 1900s. The building later served as the Embassy of Canada. Johns Hopkins University's renowned School of Advanced International Studies stands next door.

To your left across the avenue stands the Brookings Institution, built in the 1950s on the site of Henry Cabot Lodge's house.

A graduate of Virginia Tech in studio art and marketing, Ann Marie Ferramosca teaches and exhibits her paintings throughout DC.
Artist, Ann Marie Ferramosca

Tour guide, map and artist information for all 22 boxes available at: www.DupontCircleCallBox.com
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HM NumberHM24NP
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Placed ByCultural Tourism DC
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Date Added Wednesday, January 17th, 2018 at 10:01am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 323143 N 4308576
Decimal Degrees38.90828333, -77.03970000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 54.497', W 77° 2.382'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 54' 29.82" N, 77° 2' 22.92" W
Driving DirectionsGoogle Maps
Area Code(s)202
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1730 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC 20036, US
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