Evening star

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and friendship among the republics

of the American continent by foster

ing economic, judicial, social and

cultural relations and co-operation.

The union, as an international or

ganization, includes the following 21

American republics: Argentina, Bo

livia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa

Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Repub

lic. Ecuador, El Salvador, Guate

mala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nica

ragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the

United States, Uruguay and Vene

zuela.

Washington is naturally proud to

have this organization and its pic

turesque quarters within its borders,

and doubly proud that it was organ

ized here in the old Brown-Wallach

mansion which formerly stood at

the northwest comer of I and Eight

eenth streets N.W., where is now

the Washington Medical Building.

This attractive old residence,

which was numbered 1801 I street,

was erected by Marshall Brown,

famous as one of the early proprie

tors of the National Hotel, at Sixth

street and Pennsylvania avenue, and

whose daughter Rosa married Rich

ard Wallach, Mayor of Washington

from 1861 to 1867. Here the latter

died March 4, 1881, and Mr. Brown,

the builder of the house, passed

away a few months later. Mrs.

Wallach, the Mayor’s widow, died

here in 1916, and the residence con

tinued to be occupied by members

of the Wallach family until it was

removed for the erection of the

present structure.

The Brown-Wallach mansion was

probably built during the early 70s,

since both Marshall Brown and

Mayor Wallach were residing at Mr.

Brown’s country estate of 186 acres

on Georgia avenue prior to 1874, and

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1940). Washington, D.C., 1940-04-14. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1940-04-14/ed-1/?sp=40

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1940-04-14.