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Fraser Mansion
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National Register of Historic Places

Fraser Mansion

Also known as Scott-Thropp House; Golden Parrot Restaurant

On the National Register since 197551 years
Beaux ArtsListed 1975Washington
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About Fraser Mansion

Fraser Mansion, at 1701 20th St., NW., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Aug 19, 1975. The Register lists it for its architecture, at the state level. It describes its style as Beaux Arts, as it does for 31 other District of Columbia listings. 14 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isMansion in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C., United States. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 33 MB · National Archives↗
Through the years

1890 to today

  1. 1890Built
  2. 1975Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  3. 2026On the Register for 51 years
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

1701 20th St., NW., Washington · about 0.4 miles on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Fraser MansionStart here
  2. 2Dupont Circle Historic District (Boundary Increase)Second Empire · 0.1 mi on
  3. 3Perry Belmont HouseBeaux Arts · Built 1906 · next door
  4. 4Thomas Nelson Page HouseGeorgian Revival · next door
  5. 5Whittemore HouseEnglish Arts and Crafts · 0.2 mi on
Around it

55 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BMeeting House of the Friends Meeting of WashingtonColonial Revival0.1 miBFounding Church of Scientology, Washington DCBuilding0.1 miBWashington ClubNeo-Classical Revival0.2 miBIndonesian EmbassyRenaissance0.2 miDDupont Circle Historic District (Boundary Increase)Eclectic Beaux-Arts0.2 mi★Larz Anderson HouseLate Renaissance Revival0.2 miDDupont Circle Historic DistrictQueen Anne0.2 miBDuncan Phillips HouseBuilt 18970.2 miBCosmos ClubBeaux Arts · Built 19010.2 miOAmerican Revolution StatuaryObject0.2 miBChristian Heurich MansionRichardsonian Romanesque · Built 18920.3 miBEuram BuildingBuilding0.3 mi★McCormick ApartmentsBeaux Arts · Built 19170.3 miBSpencer Carriage House and StableLate 19th and Early 20th Century Revival0.3 miBSulgrave ClubEclectic0.3 miBWalsh StableBuilding0.3 mi★Charles Evans Hughes HouseSpanish0.3 miBJoseph Beale HouseRoman Revival0.3 mi
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BEngine Company 29Colonial Revival · Built 19250.3 miBLothrop MansionBeaux Arts0.3 miBOld Chinese LegationBuilding0.3 miBWyoming ApartmentsEclectic Beaux Arts0.3 miBBrigadier Gen. George P. Scriven HouseBuilding0.4 miBTabard InnBuilding0.4 miOLongfellow, Henry Wadsworth, MemorialNaturalism · Built 19080.4 miBEmbassy Gulf Service StationClassical Revival · Built 19370.4 miStDumbarton BridgeRomanesque Revival · Built 19150.4 miBCairo Apartment BuildingMoorish Revival · Built 18940.4 miBStudio House20th Century Revival0.4 mi★Charlotte Forten Grimke HouseEnglish Regency · Built 18810.4 miDSixteenth Street Historic DistrictItalianate0.4 mi★Woodrow Wilson HouseGeorgian Revival0.4 miDMassachusetts Avenue Historic DistrictSecond Empire0.4 miBTucker House and Myers HouseColonial Revival · Built 19250.4 mi★Frances Perkins HouseLate 19th and 20th Century Revival · Built 19140.4 miDSheridan-Kalorama Historic DistrictLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.4 miDStrivers' Section Historic DistrictItalianate0.4 mi★Windsor LodgeBuilding0.4 mi★Elliott Coues HouseBuilt 18800.5 mi★General Federation of Women's Clubs HeadquartersLate Victorian Renaissance0.5 miBApartment Building at 2225 N StreetVernacular0.5 miBFrancis Junior High SchoolBuilding0.5 miOHahnemann, Samuel, MonumentNeoclassicism · Built 18960.5 miOWebster, Daniel, MemorialNeoclassicism · Built 18980.5 miDSixteenth Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)Early Republic0.5 mi★Robert Simpson Woodward HouseBuilding0.5 mi★St. Luke's Episcopal ChurchEnglish Gothic0.5 miSMount Zion CemeteryBuilt 18080.5 miBVan Ness MausoleumRomantic Classical Revival · Built 18330.5 miDRock Creek and Potomac Parkway Historic DistrictDesigned Historic Landscape0.5 miBYouth Pride, Inc. (aka Pride, Inc.)Building0.5 miBPotomac Electric Power Company Substation No. 25Building0.5 miBFuller HouseArts and Crafts0.5 miSKalorama Park and Archeological DistrictSite0.5 miDKalorama Triangle Historic DistrictArts and Crafts0.5 mi
More like it

Beaux Arts style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Beaux Arts.

Dupont Circle Historic District (Boundary Increase)0.1 mi away
Cosmos ClubBuilt 1901 · 0.2 mi away
Perry Belmont HouseBuilt 1906 · 0.2 mi away
McCormick ApartmentsBuilt 1917 · 0.3 mi away

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Questions about Fraser Mansion

Is Fraser Mansion on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Aug 19, 1975 (Register number 75002054).

Is Fraser Mansion a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; District of Columbia has 75 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Larz Anderson House, 0.2 miles away.

Can you visit Fraser Mansion?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Fraser Mansion?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 33 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 117692156 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.