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Diplomatic mission of Jamaica to the United States
Diplomatic mission
The
Embassy of Jamaica
in
Washington, D.C.
is the primary
diplomatic mission
of
Jamaica
to the
United States
.
It is located at
1520 New Hampshire Avenue
,
NW
in the
Dupont Circle
neighborhood of
Washington, D.C.
[1]
The
government of Jamaica
established its first embassy in the U.S. on August 16, 1962.
Services
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The Jamaican Embassy is supported by two Consulates- General located in
Miami
and
New York City
.
[1]
The Jamaican embassy provides a point of contact for Jamaican citizens and
expatriates
living, working or vacationing in the U.S. It also handles
visa
applications for Americans wishing to travel to Jamaica. The embassy is headed by
Audrey P. Marks
, the current
ambassador
of Jamaica to the United States.
[2]
The ambassador is responsible for the majority of diplomacy conducted between the two countries and represents her country around the U.S. through activities such as giving speeches to, for example, academic institutions.
[3]
Chancery
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Architecture
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The embassy's current building, an example of
Beaux-Arts architecture
, is a
contributing property
to the Dupont Circle Historic District and valued at $4.422 million.
[4]
Ownership
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Notable owners of the property have included
Beekman Winthrop
,
[5]
George P. McLean
,
[6]
author
Thomas Bell Sweeney
,
[7]
the
Institute for Policy Studies
,
[8]
and the
Children's Defense Fund
.
[9]
See also
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References
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- ^
a
b
"Background Note: Jamaica"
.
United States Department of State
. December 2008
. Retrieved
2009-04-17
.
- ^
JIS (9 June 2012).
"Professor Audrey P. Marks currently serves as the 13th ambassador to the United States Is Jamaica's New Ambassador To Washington"
. MNI Alive. Archived from
the original
on 28 January 2013.
- ^
"Recognize"
. jamaicans.com. Archived from
the original
on 2011-06-17
. Retrieved
2009-05-11
.
- ^
"DC Citizen Atlas Real Property Reports"
.
Government of the District of Columbia
. Archived from
the original
on 2009-04-30
. Retrieved
2009-04-17
.
- ^
United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing
(1912),
Official Congressional Directory
,
United States Government Printing Office
, p. 244
- ^
United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing (1919),
Official Congressional Directory
, United States Government Printing Office, p. 230
- ^
Lee, Henry J. (1928),
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac 1928
,
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
, p. 129
- ^
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
(1970),
Hearings
, United States Government Printing Office, p. 387
- ^
Frank, Mary Isabelle (1970),
Child Care
,
Haworth Press
, p. 39,
ISBN
0-86656-182-X
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