Lothrop Mansion

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Lothrop Mansion
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Lothrop Mansion in 2010
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Location2001 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
Coordinates 38°55′1″N77°2′48″W / 38.91694°N 77.04667°W / 38.91694; -77.04667
Arealess than one acre
Built1908-1909
Architect Hornblower and Marshall
Architectural style Beaux Arts
NRHP reference No. 88001346 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 20, 1988

The Lothrop Mansion, also known as the Alvin Mason Lothrop House, is a historic Beaux Arts home, located at 2001 Connecticut Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Kalorama Triangle neighborhood.

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The Lothrop Mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, [2] [3] and is designated as a contributing property to the Kalorama Triangle Historic District. [4]

The home is currently owned by the Russian government. [5]

History

The Beaux Arts home was designed by local Washington D.C. architects Hornblower and Marshall for Alvin Mason Lothrop, and was built from 1908 till 1909 at a cost of $100,00. [2] [6] The home is three stories high, is a masonry-bearing structure, is Indiana limestone-faced, and was constructed to hold 40 rooms. [2]

After Alvin Lothrop's death, ownership of the home was given to his daughter Harriet Luttrell. [2] In 1914 Harriet and her husband Nathaniel Luttrel rented the house to socialite Carrie B. Wals, the widow of Thomas Walsh. [2] In 1916 the city directory lists Harriet and her family as residents in the house. [2] From 1917 till 1920 the house was rented to Thomas Fortune Ryan. [2] From 1920 till 1942 Harriet and Nathaniel Luttrel resided in the house until Nathaniel's death on 23 June 1942. After his passing equal shares of the estate, which was valued at $1.25 million, were passed onto their children Nancy Lee Orme and Nathaniel H. Luttrell, Jr. [2]

In 1943 the Soviet government began leasing the home from Nancy Orme and Nathaniel Luttrell, Jr. [2] The USSR initially used the home as its embassy's chancellery (USSR Office of the Attache). [2] [7] In December 1975 the USSR purchased the home from the Luttrell family and used it as the office for the USSR Trade Representative until the end of the Soviet era. [2] In the 1970s the interior was reported to have been remodeled by the USSR. [2]

Until a scale-back in Russian diplomatic presence in 2017, [8] [9] the Lothrop Mansion housed offices for the Russian Trade Representation. [10] [11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Washington, DC SP Lothrop Mansion". National Archives Catalog. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Alvin Mason Lothrop House - the Lothrop Mansion stands as one of Washington's most elegant residential buildings".
  4. ↑ "Kalorama Triangle". Archived from the original on June 25, 2007.
  5. ↑ "propertyquest.dc.gov". DC.gov. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  6. ↑ "National Register Of Historic Places Registration Form". U.S. National Park Service. July 26, 1988. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  7. ↑ "InTowner Publishing Corp. » The Site of the Russian Trade Representative". intowner.com. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Fire Spotted at Russian Diplomatic Building in D.C."
  9. ↑ "Russia says US threatened to break into trade mission". TheGuardian.com . September 2, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Trade Representation of the Russian Federation in the United States of America". Russian Trade Representation. 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  11. ↑ "A Guide to Russia's Diplomatic Properties in Washington".

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