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Embassy of Barbados in Washington, D.C.

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Location
  
Washington, D.C. 20008

Phone
  
+1 202-939-9200

Ambassador
  
John E. Beale

Embassy of Barbados in Washington, D.C.

Address
  
2144 Wyoming Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008, USA

Hours
  
Open today · 9AM–5PMThursday9AM–5PMFriday9AM–5PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday9AM–5PMTuesday9AM–5PMWednesday9AM–5PM

The Embassy of Barbados in Washington, D.C. is the primary diplomatic mission of Barbados to the United States of America, and the Organisation of American States (OAS). It is maintained by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Barbados. The present Ambassador is John Ernest Beale, appointed on January 29, 2009, and who replaced Michael Ian King.

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It is located to the East of the official Embassy Row area at 2144 Wyoming Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C.'s Kalorama neighborhood.

Overview

The embassy also operates two Consulates-General in: Miami, New York City; a Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City; and is also further supported by a collection of Honorary Consulates in: Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Louisville, New Orleans, Portland, San Francisco, and Toledo.

Accreditation

The Barbadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. is also concurrently accredited as non-resident Ambassador to: Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Building history

Former entities located at 2144 Wyoming:

  • James Horatio Watmough (~1912– ~1917), Naval Officer
  • Katharine Price Collier (~1918)
  • Mabel Grouitch (June 1919)
  • Frank L. Smith, U.S. House of Representatives (~1920)
  • Legation of Finland 1940–1950
  • Austria (~1953– ~1956)
  • Embassy of Morocco ( ~1958–1962)
  • Embassy of Syrian Arab Republic (~1962–1965)
  • References

    Embassy of Barbados in Washington, D.C. Wikipedia