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Embassy of Ivory Coast

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Frederick Atherton House
1930, Wyeth and Sullivan. 2412 Massachusetts Ave. NW
  • (Photo by Andrew Hope)
  • (Photo by Andrew Hope)

The horizontality of Wyeth and Sullivan's compact Neo-Renaissance house and its prismatic, barely broken surfaces herald the waning of the tradition.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Pamela Scott and Antoinette J. Lee
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Data

Timeline

  • 1930

    Built

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Citation

Pamela Scott and Antoinette J. Lee, "Embassy of Ivory Coast", [Washington, District of Columbia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/DC-01-SK27.

Print Source

Buildings of the District of Columbia, Pamela Scott and Antoinette J. Lee. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, 349-349.

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