Experience the longest running and pleasantly enjoyable Washington Embassy and House Tour now in our 26th year.

The Pre-tour Brunch and Embassy Tour Package is NOW AVAILABLE - always a sell out and limited to 125! Join us at 11:00 am this year for brunch that will be served at the celebrated MANSION on O Street, located in a series of five interconnected historic town houses that includes over 100 rooms and 32 secret doors. Designed in 1892 by Edward Clark, architect for the US Capitol, the building served as a home for himself, his extended family, and Champ Clark, Speaker of the House from 1911-1919, during Woodrow Wilson’s Presidency. As one of the last architects working on the U.S. Capitol between the 19th & 20th century, Clark incorporated left over tiles and wood from the Capitol into his new home — rich in detail, these items can still be found there today. A testament to the fine craftsmanship, it is believed to be the last, virtually intact, private residence of that period in Washington, D.C.

Also new for 2010 - fewer tickets will be available and with advance purchase only, an even more personalized experience awaits you!

The Woodrow Wilson House in the heart of Embassy Row will open doors to several Washington Embassies and outstanding private residences for the 26th Anniversary Kalorama House and Embassy Tour on Saturday, September 25, 2010 from noon until 4:00 pm. Sponsored by the Friends of Wilson House, the program benefits Woodrow Wilson House a National Trust Historic Site. This long running tour offers an opportunity to visit sites of diplomatic entertaining as well as explore the many cultures represented by the official ambassadors from foreign countries who reside in the Kalorama neighborhood. Nowhere else but in Washington DC and on our famous Embassy Row can you experience a mix of so many cultures and architectural gems. Unlike other “Embassy Tours” also included on the day of the tour are some noteworthy private homes and the host site, Woodrow Wilson House, Washington’s only Presidential Museum.

Highlights this year include two grand Massachusetts Avenue architectural landmarks that were once homes to Luxembourgian royalty and the “Bottle Top King.” Along with three exceptional private homes, the Tour will also welcome the Residence of the Ambassador of Libya and the Embassy of Macedonia, both appearing for the first time.

The Embassy of Luxembourg was designed by beaux-arts architect Jules Henri de Sibour in 1909 for lumber baron and former Congressman Alexander Stewart. The house was purchased by Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg in 1941 while in exile in North American because of the Nazi occupation of Luxembourg during World War II. It became the Embassy of Luxembourg in 1955. Visitors on the House and Embassy Tour will see the results of renovations in 2002, which include contemporary touches added throughout the home. Luxembourgian artists were invited to brighten the interior of the home, primarily with murals, while maintaining its character and historic integrity.

This magnificent residence of the Ambassador of Turkey has an incredibly rich and diverse history. It was built in 1915 for Edward Everett, a multimillionaire industrialist who patented the crimped metal cap that seals beer and soda bottles. Everett commissioned architect George Oakley Totten to build a home where cost was no object and style was left entirely to the architect. Totten added personal touches to the home like the granite from Bowling Green, Ohio, Everett’s home state, and the awning that mimics a corrugated bottle-cap. Totten, given the creative freedom by Everett “to spend and to dream,” drew architectural influences from three centuries while blending Eastern and Western styles. Totten had worked and studied in Turkey, where he built the first American chancery and the residence of Prime Minister Izzett Pasha. It is only fitting that the home, built for Everett, but greatly influenced by Totten’s time in Turkey, would one day become the Embassy of Turkey.

All tickets must be purchased in advance and may be purchased for $40.00 per person. Groups of 10 or more are welcome and can be purchased for $35.00. Discounted tickets for Members of the Friends of the Woodrow Wilson House and National Trust for Historic Preservation are $35.00. To provide for a quality visitor experience only 750 tickets will be available. Please note that tickets will not be available for sale on tour day as in the past. For security purposes the name of each ticket holder must be supplied in advance and some form of identification presented when tickets are issued at will call.

On-line, secure tickets are now available. Please purchase tickets below.

Pre-tour Brunch and Lecture package is now available by advance purchase only. Cost is $75 per person, includes full Brunch and House and Embassy Tour Ticket.

Call 202.387.4062 x18 or email Marie Danch for more information.