Dumbarton Oaks | mansion, Washington, District of Columbia, United States | Britannica (original) (raw)

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architecture of Washington, D.C.

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  In Washington, D.C.: Georgetown
  …Tudor Place, Dumbarton House, and Dumbarton Oaks Estate and gardens. In the early 21st century, Georgetown residents included a mix of university students, government and private sector workers, and upper-middle-class families. The neighbourhood has a variety of unique shops, restaurants, and nightclubs.
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  In Washington, D.C.: Parks and open spaces
  …Georgetown, once part of the Dumbarton Oaks Estate; Glover-Archibald Park in Northwest; the grounds of the Franciscan Monastery in Northeast; and the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Northeast, with more than 100,000 water plants, including rare water lilies and lotuses.
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Dumbarton Oaks Conference

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  In Dumbarton Oaks Conference
  …21–October 7, 1944), meeting at Dumbarton Oaks, a mansion in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., where representatives of China, the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom formulated proposals for a world organization that became the basis for the United Nations.
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  In United Nations: History and development
  …the “Big Four”) held at Dumbarton Oaks, an estate in Washington, D.C. Although the four countries agreed on the general purpose, structure, and function of a new world organization, the conference ended amid continuing disagreement over membership and voting. At the Yalta Conference, a meeting of the Big Three in…
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Johnson

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  In Philip Johnson
  …in the art gallery at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C. (1963), and the IDS Center, a multibuilding group in Minneapolis (1973).
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