Embassy of Ecuador, Washington, D.C.

{{Update|date=September 2023}}{{Infobox Diplomatic Mission

| name = Embassy of Ecuador

| image =Ecuadorean_Embassy_in_Washington,_D.C._(15-07-2006).jpg

| address = 2535 15th Street, N.W.

| location = Washington, D.C.

| coordinates = {{coord|38|55|23|N|77|2|5|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| ambassador = Cristian Espinosa C.

| website = www.ecuador.org

}}

The Embassy of Ecuador in Washington, D.C., is the Republic of Ecuador's diplomatic mission to the United States. It is located at 2535 15th Street N.W. in Washington, D.C.'s Meridian Hill neighborhood.{{cite web|url=https://www.embassy.org/embassies/ec.html|title=Embassy.org: The Embassy of Ecuador|website=www.embassy.org|accessdate=May 16, 2021}} The current building has been used as an embassy since the 1960s.

The building was designed by architect George Oakley Totten Jr. (1866-1939), who studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and who also designed the Old Hungarian Embassy building next door at 2537 Fifteenth St.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=88000171}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mansion at 2537 Fifteenth St., NW |author=Lois Snyderman |date=January 8, 1988 }}{{rp|13}}

The embassy also operates Consulates-General in Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New Haven, New Orleans, New York City, Newark, Phoenix and San Francisco.{{cite web |url=http://www.ecuador.org/consulates.htm |title=Embassy of Ecuador in Washington D.C. |access-date=2009-01-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205172912/http://www.ecuador.org/consulates.htm |archive-date=2009-02-05 }} The Chargé d'Affairs is Efraín Baus.{{cite web |url=http://www.ecuador.org/nuevosite/serviciosconsulares_consulados.php |title=Embajada del Ecuador | Washington, DC |website=www.ecuador.org |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827141025/http://www.ecuador.org/nuevosite/serviciosconsulares_consulados.php |archive-date=27 August 2008 |url-status=dead}}

The chancery suffered damage in the 2011 Virginia earthquake on August 24, 2011.{{cite news|title=Ecuador embassy damaged in quake; no injuries reported |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/ecuador-embassy-damaged-in-quake-no-injuries-reported/2011/08/23/gIQAOFXcZJ_story.html |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2011-08-24|access-date=2011-08-24}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The earthquake caused cracks on internal walls and collapsed three of the building's chimneys. The chimney collapse damaged two cars.

On September 27, 2017, a two alarm fire broke out on the roof of the chancery.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/blaze-breaks-out-atop-embassy-building-in-nw-washington/2017/09/27/874a2ecc-a33d-11e7-b14f-f41773cd5a14_story.html |title=Blaze breaks out atop Embassy of Ecuador in NW Washington |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2017-09-27 |accessdate=2021-05-16}}