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Embassy of Venezuela

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Mrs. Wilber E. Wilder House
1929, Wyeth and Sullivan. 2437 California St. NW
  • (Harris & Ewing Collection (Library of Congress))

The limestone facade of Wyeth and Sullivan's highly unusual and elegant Art Deco house is so flat that shallow relief sculpture of classical details barely breaks the stone's surface.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Pamela Scott and Antoinette J. Lee
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Timeline

  • 1929

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Citation

Pamela Scott and Antoinette J. Lee, "Embassy of Venezuela", [Washington, District of Columbia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/DC-01-SK49.

Print Source

Buildings of the District of Columbia, Pamela Scott and Antoinette J. Lee. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, 354-354.

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