Location: Old Chancery, 1617 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, D.C., District of Columbia,
United States of America
Category: Building
Type: Chancery
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 9 November 2018
Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)
Marker text (English):
OLD CHANCERY OF THE EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES IN THE UNITED STATES
CONSTRUCTED ACCORDING TO THE PLANS OF ARCHITECT APPLETON PRENTIS CLARK, JR. AS THE RESIDENCE OF LINDA M. HUTCHINSON-WEBB AND FAMILY, 1913–1916, AND OF DANIEL AND STELLA STAPLETON, 1917–1941. PURCHASED BY THE PHILIPPINE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT TO SERVE AS OFFICE OF THE RESIDENT COMMISSIONER THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF JOAQUIN ELIZALDE, 1941–1946. FUNCTIONED AS THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL SERVICES AND DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS OF THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1943–1946. SERVED AS THE CHANCERY OF THE EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, 1946–1995. RENOVATED AND BECAME AN ANNEX TO THE CHANCERY OF THE PHILIPPINE EMBASSY, 2016. DECLARED AS NATIONAL HISTORICAL LANDMARK, 16 APRIL 2018.
Marker text (Filipino):
LUMANG CHANCERY NG PASUGUAN NG REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS SA ESTADOS UNIDOS
IPINATAYO AYON SA DISENYO NI ARKITEKTO APPLETON PRENTIS CLARK, JR. AT NAGING TAHANAN NG PAMILYA NI LINDA M. HUTCHINSON-WEBB, 1913–1916, AT NINA DANIEL AT STELLA STAPLETON, 1917–1941. BINILI NG PAMAHALAANG COMMONWEALTH NG PILIPINAS UPANG MAGING TANGGAPAN NG RESIDENT COMMISSIONER SA TULONG NI JOAQUIN ELIZALDE, 1941–1946. NAGSILBING TANGGAPAN NG MGA ESPESYAL NA SERBISYO AT KAGAWARAN NG IMPORMASYON AT UGNAYANG PAMPUBLIKO NG PAMAHALAANG COMMONWEALTH NOONG IKALAWANG DIGMAANG PANDAIGDIG, 1943–1946. NAGSILBING CHANCERY NG PASUGUAN NG REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS SA ESTADOS UNIDOS, 1946–1995. ISINAAYOS AT NAGING ANNEX NG CHANCERY NG PASUGUAN NG PILIPINAS, 2016. IDINEKLARANG PAMBANSANG PALATANDAANG PANGKASAYSAYAN, 16 ABRIL 2018.
