Josephine Butler Parks Center

	Josephine Butler Parks Center
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	2437 15th Street, NW, Washington, District of Columbia
Coordinates	38°55′20″N 77°2′11″W / 38.92222°N 77.03639°W
Built	1927
Architect	George Oakley Totten Jr.
Architectural style	Renaissance-revival
NRHP reference No.	88000171
Added to NRHP	March 16, 1988

Josephine Butler Parks Center is a historic building in Washington, D.C. and the headquarters of Washington Parks and People, located in the Meridian Hill neighborhood of Northwest D.C. It is housed in the Old Hungarian Embassy, which is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places as House at 2437 Fifteenth Street, NW.^[1]

History

The 1927 Renaissance revival house was designed by George Oakley Totten Jr., for Mary Foote Henderson, widow of Senator John B. Henderson.

In 1941, the house was sold to the American Legion. In 1951, it became the embassy of the People's Republic of Hungary. In 1977, it bought by B.C.G. Associates, and rented, In 1982, it was bought by the New China News Agency. In 1987, it was bought by Coolidge House Associates.^[2]

The Parks Center is an office for the non-profit Washington Parks and People and was named in honor of environmentalist, labor organizer and activist, Josephine Butler.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Lois Snyderman (January 8, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mansion at 2537 Fifteenth St., NW".
^ "Washington Parks & People : Parks Center". Archived from the original on 2012-01-25. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
^ "Josephine Butler". A ROCK, A RIVER, A TREE …….. A PARK FOR ALL PEOPLE!. 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2021-05-15.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpdoc-2] Lois Snyderman (January 8, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mansion at 2537 Fifteenth St., NW".

[3] "Washington Parks & People : Parks Center". Archived from the original on 2012-01-25. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

[4] "Josephine Butler". A ROCK, A RIVER, A TREE …….. A PARK FOR ALL PEOPLE!. 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2021-05-15.

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