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- EMBIND_970806_01.JPG: Walsh-McLean House
This house was completed in 1903 as the home of Thomas Walsh and his family. He had made his millions in the Colorado gold mines and incorporated pieces of gold in the house's design. It was, at the time, the most expensive house in the DuPont Circle area, having cost upwards of $800,000 to build.
Within two years, the Walsh's son was killed in a traffic accident. Thomas Walsh died five years later. Walsh's daughter Evalyn acquired the cursed Hope Diamond. She married newspaper magnate (including the Washington Post) Edward Beale McLean. Their son died in another traffic accident and Edward lost his name and his sanity as a result of the Teapot Dome Scandal.
During World War II, the Red Cross used the house and then it was sold to Indonesia which uses it for its embassy.
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Another view of the Walsh-McLean House.
- Wikipedia Description: Embassy of Indonesia, Washington, D.C.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Washington, D.C. (Indonesian: Kedutaan Besar Republik Indonesia di Washington, D.C.) is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United States. It is located at 2020 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Embassy Row neighborhood. Indonesia has five consulate generals in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco, and an honorary consulate in Honolulu. There is also a permanent mission to the United Nations in New York.
The Ambassador is Mahendra Siregar.
Building
The building is also known as the Walsh-McLean House and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is a contributing property to the Massachusetts Avenue Historic District, as well as the Dupont Circle Historic District.
The 50-room mansion, designed by architect Henry Andersen, was built from 1901 to 1903 by Irish-born Thomas F. Walsh for his daughter Evalyn. It cost $853,000 to construct (about $20 million in 2008). Evalyn eventually married Edward McLean, whose family owned the Washington Post. Edward negotiated to buy his wife the Hope Diamond, in a dressing room of the house. She was the last private owner of the famous jewel.
In 1936, the mansion was used by the U.S. Suburban Resettlement Administration, and in 1937 by the U.S. Rural Electrification Commission. From 1941 to 1951 the American Red Cross manufactured surgical dressings, and held classes for nurse's aides in the building.
On December 19, 1951, Ali Sastroamidjojo purchased the building for $335,000, for Indonesia.
In September 2014, the Indonesian government inaugurated a 16-foot tall statue of Dewi Saraswati, a goddess of knowledge and wisdom, representative of the island of Bali. This statue is one of a few that graces Embassy Row, the others being a statue of Winston Churchill at the British Embassy, as well as a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Indian Embassy.
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