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Josephine Butler Parks Center
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| Location: | 2437 15th Street, NW, Washington, District of Columbia |
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| Built: | 1927 |
| Architect: | George Oakley Totten Jr., |
| Architectural style: | Renaissance-revival |
| Governing body: | private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 88000171 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | March 16, 1988 |
Josephine Butler Parks Center is an historic house, located at 2437 15th Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Meridian Hill neighborhood.
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.[3]
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