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1. EMBPHI_200530_07.JPG: Old Chancery of the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines in the United States Constructed according to the plans of Architect Appleton Prentis Clark, Jr. as the residence of Linda M. Hutchinson-Webb and Family, 1913–1916, and of Daniel and Stella Stapleton, 1917–1941. Purchased by the Philippine Commonwealth Government to serve as office of the Resident Commissioner through the efforts of Joaquin Elizalde, 1941–1946. Functioned as the Office of Special Services and Department of Information and Public Relations of the Commonwealth Government during the Second World War, 1943–1946. Served as the chancery of the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines, 1946–1995. Renovated and became an annex to the chancery of the Philippine Embassy, 2016. Declared as National Historical Landmark, 16 April 2018. Lumang Chancery ng Pasuguan ng Republika ng Pilipinas sa Estados Unidos [Tagalog -- the Austronesian language of the Tagalog. Its vocabulary has been much influenced by Spanish and English, and it is the basis of a standardized national language of the Philippines (Filipino).] Ipinatayo ayon sa disenyo ni Arkitekto Appleton Prentis Clark, Jr. at naging tahanan ng pamilya ni Linda M. Hutchinson-Webb, 1913–1916, at nina Daniel at Stella Stapleton, 1917–1941. Binili ng Pamahalaang Commonwealth ng Pilipinas upang maging tanggapan ng Resident Commissioner sa tulong ni Joaquin Elizalde, 1941–1946. Nagsilbing Tanggapan ng mga Espesyal na Serbisyo at Kagawaran ng Impormasyon at Ugnayang Pampubliko ng Pamahalaang Commonwealth noong Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig, 1943–1946. Nagsilbing chancery ng Pasuguan ng Republika ng Pilipinas sa Estados Unidos, 1946–1995. Isinaayos at naging annex ng chancery ng Pasuguan ng Pilipinas, 2016. Idineklarang Pambansang Palatandaang Pangkasaysayan, 16 Abril 2018.
2. EMBPHI_200530_23.JPG: Advisory 15 March 2020 In view of the declarations of states of emergency in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia, and to help limit the community spread of COVID-19, the Philippines Embassy in Washington, DC is suspending effective immediately all non-emergency consular services at its premises. ...
3. EMBPHI_200607_01.JPG: Boarded up because of BLM protests.
4. EMBPHI_200624_01.JPG: NOTICE The Consular Section is located across the street at 1617 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036
5. EMBPHI_200912_04.JPG: Old Chancery of the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines in the United States Constructed according to the plans of Architect Appleton Prentis Clark, Jr. as the residence of Linda M. Hutchinson-Webb and Family, 1913–1916, and of Daniel and Stella Stapleton, 1917–1941. Purchased by the Philippine Commonwealth Government to serve as office of the Resident Commissioner through the efforts of Joaquin Elizalde, 1941–1946. Functioned as the Office of Special Services and Department of Information and Public Relations of the Commonwealth Government during the Second World War, 1943–1946. Served as the chancery of the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines, 1946–1995. Renovated and became an annex to the chancery of the Philippine Embassy, 2016. Declared as National Historical Landmark, 16 April 2018. Lumang Chancery ng Pasuguan ng Republika ng Pilipinas sa Estados Unidos [Tagalog -- the Austronesian language of the Tagalog. Its vocabulary has been much influenced by Spanish and English, and it is the basis of a standardized national language of the Philippines (Filipino).] Ipinatayo ayon sa disenyo ni Arkitekto Appleton Prentis Clark, Jr. at naging tahanan ng pamilya ni Linda M. Hutchinson-Webb, 1913–1916, at nina Daniel at Stella Stapleton, 1917–1941. Binili ng Pamahalaang Commonwealth ng Pilipinas upang maging tanggapan ng Resident Commissioner sa tulong ni Joaquin Elizalde, 1941–1946. Nagsilbing Tanggapan ng mga Espesyal na Serbisyo at Kagawaran ng Impormasyon at Ugnayang Pampubliko ng Pamahalaang Commonwealth noong Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig, 1943–1946. Nagsilbing chancery ng Pasuguan ng Republika ng Pilipinas sa Estados Unidos, 1946–1995. Isinaayos at naging annex ng chancery ng Pasuguan ng Pilipinas, 2016. Idineklarang Pambansang Palatandaang Pangkasaysayan, 16 Abril 2018.
6. EMBPHI_200912_09.JPG: Old Chancery of the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines in the United States Constructed according to the plans of Architect Appleton Prentis Clark, Jr. as the residence of Linda M. Hutchinson-Webb and Family, 1913–1916, and of Daniel and Stella Stapleton, 1917–1941. Purchased by the Philippine Commonwealth Government to serve as office of the Resident Commissioner through the efforts of Joaquin Elizalde, 1941–1946. Functioned as the Office of Special Services and Department of Information and Public Relations of the Commonwealth Government during the Second World War, 1943–1946. Served as the chancery of the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines, 1946–1995. Renovated and became an annex to the chancery of the Philippine Embassy, 2016. Declared as National Historical Landmark, 16 April 2018.
7. EMBPHI_200912_14.JPG: Lumang Chancery ng Pasuguan ng Republika ng Pilipinas sa Estados Unidos [Tagalog -- the Austronesian language of the Tagalog. Its vocabulary has been much influenced by Spanish and English, and it is the basis of a standardized national language of the Philippines (Filipino).] Ipinatayo ayon sa disenyo ni Arkitekto Appleton Prentis Clark, Jr. at naging tahanan ng pamilya ni Linda M. Hutchinson-Webb, 1913–1916, at nina Daniel at Stella Stapleton, 1917–1941. Binili ng Pamahalaang Commonwealth ng Pilipinas upang maging tanggapan ng Resident Commissioner sa tulong ni Joaquin Elizalde, 1941–1946. Nagsilbing Tanggapan ng mga Espesyal na Serbisyo at Kagawaran ng Impormasyon at Ugnayang Pampubliko ng Pamahalaang Commonwealth noong Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig, 1943–1946. Nagsilbing chancery ng Pasuguan ng Republika ng Pilipinas sa Estados Unidos, 1946–1995. Isinaayos at naging annex ng chancery ng Pasuguan ng Pilipinas, 2016. Idineklarang Pambansang Palatandaang Pangkasaysayan, 16 Abril 2018.
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Wikipedia Description: Embassy of the Philippines, Washington, D.C.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Embassy of the Philippines in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United States. It is located at 1600 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C. It predates the independence of the Philippines, and is the oldest Philippine legation overseas, though the distinction of the first Philippine embassy proper overseas, belongs to the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo.

The original Philippine Embassy building, a house built in 1917 for Daniel C. Stapleton on a design by local architect Clarke Waggaman, was purchased by the Office of the Resident Commissioner of the Philippines during the period of service of Joaquin Elizalde. During World War II, from May 1942 onwards, it became the headquarters of the government-in-exile of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and temporary capital of the Philippines until the Commonwealth government returned to the Philippines in October, 1944.
The former chancery located at 1617 Massachusetts Avenue

On July 4, 1946, the embassy was formally established. A residence for the Philippine Ambassador was purchased in the 1950s, the original plan of President Quezon to turn the temporary official residence of the President of the Philippines located at the Shoreham Hotel having been abandoned by President Osme�a.

In 1991, construction of a new Chancery Building began on a trapezoidal island on Massachusetts Avenue, bordered by 17th Street, N Street, Bataan street, and Massachusetts Avenue, across from the old building. Completed in 1993, the present-day building is a four-story of beaux-arts design with a smooth-finish precast, blending nicely with the traditional limestone structures of Embassy Row.

The old building, meanwhile, was converted into the embassy's Consular section in the late 2000s.
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