File:Indonesian Embassy (Walsh House) (7147400789).jpg
"A three-story, galleried Art Nouveau stairwell that was copied from one of Walsh's favorite White Star ocean liners" (Moeller, AIA Guide). I've never seen anything like this room, even in Newport.
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Payton Chung from DCA, USA
Walsh's daughter Evalyn squandered her inheritance on follies like the Hope Diamond.
Yesterday, thanks to Passport DC, I ducked into the Indonesian Embassy just west of Dupont Circle. It was built by Black Hills gold miner Thomas Walsh as one of the most opulent houses in America -- which he only lived in for seven years. 1903, Henry AndersenIndonesian Embassy (Walsh House)
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