Embassy of Mexico, Washington, D.C.

Embassy of Mexico in Washington, D.C.
Coordinates 38°54′2.52″N 77°2′38.4″W / 38.9007000°N 77.044000°W / 38.9007000; -77.044000Coordinates: 38°54′2.52″N 77°2′38.4″W / 38.9007000°N 77.044000°W / 38.9007000; -77.044000
Location Washington, D.C.
Address 1911 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Ambassador Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza
Mexican Consulate-General and Cultural Institute in Washington, DC

The Embassy of Mexico in Washington, D.C. is the United Mexican States' diplomatic mission to the United States. It is located at 1911 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood.[1]

The embassy also operates Consulates-General in 50 cities.[2]


Recent ambassadors to the United States

Embassy building

1911 Pennsylvania Avenue NW was constructed in 1986 as a $4.5 million, nine-story office building. The building incorporates the facades of the last two remaining "Seven Buildings"[3]—some of the oldest residential structures in Washington, D.C.[4] The architecture of the building was praised by Washington Post architecture critic Benjamin Forgey.[5]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.embassy.org/embassies/mx.html
  2. ↑ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
  3. ↑ McGuire, Kim. "The Oldest on the Avenue." Washington Post. March 13, 1986.
  4. ↑ Webb, William Bensing and Wooldridge, John. Centennial History of the City of Washington, D.C. Dayton, Ohio: H.W. Crew, 1892, p. 182.
  5. ↑ Forgey, Benjamin. "Crossing the Time Zone: At 1911 Pennsylvania NW, The Lines of Old and New." Washington Post. February 18, 1989.

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