• Source: Josephine Butler Parks Center

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.




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.
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.




See also


Embassy of Ecuador in Washington, D.C., next door at 2535 Fifteenth St.




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• Annie Oakley
• Jane Fonda
• Josephine Butler Parks Center
• Josephine Butler (activist)
• Washington Parks and People
• Embassy Row
• Meridian Hill
• Josephine Earp
• Young Playwrights' Theater
• George Oakley Totten Jr.
• Erewhon Market
• Rosa Parks