Lothrop Mansion

The Beaux Arts home was designed by local Washington D.C. architects Hornblower and Marshall for Alvin Mason Lothrop, and was built from 1908 till 1909 at a cost of $100,00.{{cite web|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/117692285 |title=Washington, DC SP Lothrop Mansion

|publisher=National Archives Catalog|date= |access-date=June 9, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/88001346_text |title=National Register Of Historic Places Registration Form |publisher=U.S. National Park Service|date=July 26, 1988 |access-date=June 9, 2025}} The home is three stories high, is a masonry-bearing structure, is Indiana limestone-faced, and was constructed to hold 40 rooms.

After Alvin Lothrop's death, ownership of the home was given to his daughter Harriet Luttrell. In 1914 Harriet and her husband Nathaniel Luttrel rented the house to socialite Carrie B. Wals, the widow of Thomas Walsh. In 1916 the city directory lists Harriet and her family as residents in the house. From 1917 till 1920 the house was rented to Thomas Fortune Ryan. From 1920 till 1942 Harriet and Nathaniel Luttrel resided in the house until Nathaniel's death on 23 June 1942. After his passing equal shares of the estate, which was valued at $1.25 million, were passed onto their children Nancy Lee Orme and Nathaniel H. Luttrell, Jr.

In 1943 the Soviet government began leasing the home from Nancy Orme and Nathaniel Luttrell, Jr. The USSR initially used the home as its embassy's chancellery (USSR Office of the Attache).{{cite web |url=http://intowner.com/2014/10/10/the-site-of-the-russian-trade-representative/ |title=InTowner Publishing Corp. » The Site of the Russian Trade Representative |website=intowner.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110133908/http://intowner.com/2014/10/10/the-site-of-the-russian-trade-representative/ |archive-date=2014-11-10}} In December 1975 the USSR purchased the home from the Luttrell family and used it as the office for the USSR Trade Representative until the end of the Soviet era. In the 1970s the interior was reported to have been remodeled by the USSR.

Until a scale-back in Russian diplomatic presence in 2017,{{Cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/09/01/fire-spotted-at-russian-diplomatic-building-in-dc/#|title = Fire Spotted at Russian Diplomatic Building in D.C.}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/02/russia-consulate-washington-san-francisco-fire-break-in|title = Russia says US threatened to break into trade mission|website = TheGuardian.com|date = 2 September 2017}} the Lothrop Mansion housed offices for the Russian Trade Representation.{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518012612/http://www.rustradeusa.org/eng/263/ |title=Trade Representation of the Russian Federation in the United States of America |publisher=Russian Trade Representation|date=2013 |access-date=June 9, 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/07/20/a-guide-to-russias-diplomatic-properties-in-washington-d-c-putin/|title=A Guide to Russia's Diplomatic Properties in Washington}}

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File:Lothrop Mansion and McClellan Monument.jpg|Lothrop Mansion and McClellan Monument

File:Dc.gov_Lothrop_Mansion_Russian_Government_2025.jpg|Russian Government ownership from dc.gov

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• List of diplomatic missions of Russia
• List of ambassadors of Russia to the United States
• National Register of Historic Places listings in the District of Columbia

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130217000352/http://rustradeusa.org/ Trade Representation of Russa in the US (archived)] {{in lang|en|ru}}
• [https://historicsites.dcpreservation.org/items/show/344 DC Preservation info on Lothrop Mansion]

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