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Foreign Legations and the US Stand Rising in Diplomatic Rank
The article traces how foreign powers gradually treat the United States as an equal to monarchies, notingPrussia first owned a Washington legation in 1864 and Britain later built its embassy, with buildings in multiple streets. It details other legations in Washington, ownership vs rental, and ongoing debates over diplomatic property and extraterritoriality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cinar
United States
Vienna
Far East
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Austria
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Washington
Diplomatic Corps
Prussia
German Empire
Baron Gerold
Kingdom of Prussia
Fifteenth Street
Bank of Corcoran & Riggs
Pennsylvania Avenue
H Street
Empire
Legation
Sir Edward Thornton
N Street
Connecticut Avenue
Nineteenth
Edward Thorton
Government of
Corea
Seth Ledyard Phelps
Sevéllon A. Brown
State Department
Thirteenth Street
Iowa
District of Columbia
Tax Office
I Street
Romero
Senor Romero
Siam
Core
Anthony Pollok
Seventeenth and I Streets
David D. Porter
Metropolitan Club