The Sulgrave Club is a private club located at 1801 Massachusetts Avenue

Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.)

Massachusetts Avenue is a major diagonal transverse road in Washington, D.C., and the Massachusetts Avenue Historic District is a historic district that includes part of it....

, N.W., in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington D.C., United States

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History

Built in 1900 for Herbert and Martha Wadsworth as a winter residence, the building was completed under the name of Wadsworth House. In 1918 the Wadsworths donated the mansion to the Red Cross, who sold it to Mabel Boardman and a group of women in 1932, for $125, 000. The women renamed it the “Sulgrave Club”, a club intended for music, art and social gatherings.

The current club president is Marta Miller Dunetz.

Architecture

The Sulgrave Club was designed by Frederick H. Brooke in a Beaux Arts design from the 18th century. It is one of Washington’s first mansions to follow this style of architecture. The house was built of yellow Roman brick and cream terra cotta.

External links

• Sulgrave Club