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36-681: Clarence Moore , a coal magnate from West Virginia and member of private clubs in Paris and New York City, chose the New York City-based architect Bruce Price and the Washington-based Jules Henri de Sibour to design his home in Washington, D.C. At the time, Sibour was a prominent architect of large residences in Washington, including the Thomas T. Gaff House , Andrew Mellon Building , and

72-526: A concrete floor, and a steel roof. The building measures 79.5 feet (24.2 m) in height and the walls are made of Roman brick . A limestone Tuscan entablature with a bracket cornice separate the third and fourth floors. The building's north entrance on Massachusetts Avenue has a 6 x 6 foot (1.8 x 1.8 m) stoop flanked by limestone balustrades . Above the entrance and ground floor windows are limestone corbels and guttae . The corbels support limestone second floor balconies and

108-535: A cost of £42, 8s, equivalent to £5,300 in 2023, or about $ 7,260. Moore had originally planned to transport the dogs with him on the Titanic , though ultimately made other arrangements for them. According to survivor accounts, on the night of the ship's iceberg collision and sinking, Moore was playing cards in the smoking room with his dining companions and fellow Americans, Major Archibald Butt , Harry Elkins Widener , and William Carter (husband of Lucile ). Among

144-433: A distinguished guest who was occupying one of the main apartments in the house could "withdraw" for more privacy. It was often off the great chamber (or the great chamber's descendant, the state room ) and usually led to a formal, or "state" bedroom. In modern houses, it may be used as a convenient name for a second or further reception room, but no particular function is associated with the name. In 18th-century London,

180-474: A final hand of cards before shaking hands and departing. The Washington Times wrote that Moore and Butt, who was also from Washington, remained together until jumping into the water as the ship went down. Their bodies were never recovered. Moore's employer and business associate, William B. Hibbs, went to New York, where many survivors were taken by the RMS Carpathia , and Brigadier General Edwards went to

216-409: A house where visitors may be entertained, and an alternative name for a living room . The name is derived from the 16th-century terms withdrawing room and withdrawing chamber , which remained in use through the 17th century, and made their first written appearance in 1642. In a large 16th- to early 18th-century English house, a withdrawing room was a room to which the owner of the house, his wife, or

252-443: A limestone and metal ridge. The home's interior features 16th, 17th, and 18th century French and English details. The building is heated by an oil-burning, hot air furnace and contains an Otis passenger elevator and freight elevator. The passenger elevator is wood-paneled and the freight elevator measures 5 x 4 feet (1.5 x 1.2 m) in diameter. The flooring consists of black and white marble squares and

288-683: A new location for its chancery. Clarence Moore House continued as the chancery of the Canadian Embassy until 1988, when it moved to the new and current location . After diplomatic relations between the United States and Uzbekistan were established on February 19, 1992, the government of Uzbekistan purchased the Clarence Moore House. The new embassy opened in February 1993 and advocates Uzbekistan's political, commercial, and economic interests to

324-440: A vase balustrade. The third floor balconies are made of limestone and feature cast iron railings. The second, third, and fourth floor window and architraves are set in a quoined limestone ground. Six limestone chimneys, capped with Tusance entablature, are visible from the ground level. Two chimneys are located at the front and back of the house and a chimney is located on the eastern and western sides. The slate mansard roof has

360-430: Is a good size: 20 by 30 to 26 by 40 is enough for a very superior apartment. Until the mid-twentieth century, after a dinner the ladies of a dinner party withdrew to the drawing room, leaving the gentlemen at table, where the tablecloth was removed. After an interval of conversation, often accompanied by brandy or port and sometimes cigars, the gentlemen rejoined the ladies in the drawing room. The term drawing room

396-468: Is not used as widely as it once was, and tends to be used in Britain only by those who also have other reception rooms, such as a morning room, a 19th-century designation for a sitting room , often with east-facing exposure, suited for daytime calls, or the middle-class lounge , a late-19th-century designation for a room in which to relax. Hence the drawing room is the smartest room in the house, usually used by

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432-433: Is seen as archaic, hence they are marketed as "triple bedrooms". The drawing room, being a room in the house to entertain visitors, gave its name to drawing room plays , a genre of theatrical productions and motion pictures . Beginning with the early forms of drama, the drawing room play has evolved to encompass comedy as well as to include the forms of the dramatic monologue. The play format itself has also grown out of

468-569: Is the Lady's Apartment, essentially, being the modern form of the Lady's Withdrawing-room , otherwise the Parlour , or perfected Chamber of mediaeval plan. If a Morning-room be not provided, it is properly the only Sitting-room of the family. In it in any case the ladies receive calls throughout the day, and the family and their guests assemble before dinner. After dinner the ladies withdraw to it, and are joined by

504-710: The New York World and John B. Floyd to visit Devil Anse Hatfield in Logan County, West Virginia . He moved to Washington, D.C., in 1890 and began working for the William B. Hibbs & Co. brokerage firm in 1891, for which he received an annual salary in 1910 of $ 25,000, equivalent to $ 818,000 in 2023. Moore raised cattle and horses on farmland he owned in Montgomery County, Maryland , and had some real estate investments near Leesburg, Virginia . Considered among

540-507: The Canadian Minister, and later the ambassador. In 1943 the legation was raised to embassy status and Leighton McCarthy became the first Canadian ambassador to the United States . In 1946, the ambassador's residence was constructed at 2825 Rock Creek Drive, and the Clarence Moore House was then used solely for embassy office space. The Canadian Crown- in-Council purchased land on Pennsylvania Avenue in 1978 for $ 5 million for use as

576-727: The White House at Moore's wife's pleading, though no additional information was available. Moore's first wife, Alice McLaughlin (1872–1897), was the daughter of Frank McLaughlin, former owner of the Philadelphia Times . She gave birth to two children, and died 12 days after bearing the second: Moore married again on June 20, 1900, in Beverly, Massachusetts , to Mabelle Florence Swift (1878–1933), daughter and heiress of Chicago meat packer Edwin C. Swift (a brother of Swift & Company founder Gustavus ). The couple had four more children,

612-510: The adults of the family when entertaining. This term is widely used in India and Pakistan , probably dating from the colonial days, in the larger urban houses of the cities where there are many rooms. The term parlour initially designated the more modest reception rooms of the middle classes, but usage changed in the UK as homeowners sought to identify with the grander homes of the wealthy. Parlor remained

648-527: The ambassadors' residences of Portugal, France, and Luxembourg. Moore purchased the land from Edward J. Stellwagen for $ 37,422, and construction began in September 1906 and was completed in 1909. Moore only lived in the house for three years. On April 15, 1912, Moore was one of the 1,517 passengers who perished during the sinking of the RMS Titanic . After Moore's death, his widow, Mabelle, remarried and only used

684-481: The common usage in North America into the early 20th century. In French usage the word salon , previously designating a state room , began to be used for a drawing room in the early part of the 19th century, reflecting the salon social gatherings that had become popular in the preceding decades. The term drawing room was historically also applied to certain passenger train accommodations, designating some of

720-916: The family four years later and they lived in Harrison County, West Virginia into the 1880s. Moore had a private school education, then attended and graduated from Dufferin College in London, Ontario . Moore's great-great-grandfather, Mordecai Moore, came to America from England in 1732 as Lord Baltimore Charles Calvert 's private physician. Mordecai's son, Samuel Preston Moore, moved from Anne Arundel County, Maryland to Harrison County in about 1802. Soon after his education, Moore explored and developed properties in West Virginia for coal mining, oil, and timber, partnering with Stephen Benton Elkins and Henry Gassaway Davis . In September 1888, he accompanied T.C. Crawford of

756-472: The first of whom died young: Moore asked architects Jules Henri de Sibour and Bruce Price in 1906 to design a mansion for his family on land his wife had bought in 1901. Known as the Clarence Moore House , its construction was completed at 1746 Massachusetts Avenue NW in 1909. Moore died three years later and his widow remarried in 1915 to Danish immigrant Aksel C.P. Wichfeld, a year before he

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792-403: The gentlemen for the evening. It is also the reception room for evening parties. There is only one kind of drawing room as regards purpose: there is little difference, except in size and evidence of opulence, between that of the duchess and that of the simplest gentlewoman in the neighborhood. ... In size , a small drawing room will be about 16 feet wide by from 18 to 20 feet long: 18 by 24 feet

828-525: The government of the United States. As of 2012, the value of the Clarence Moore House property is $ 13,423,870. The Uzbekistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs also maintains a consulate in New York City. The Clarence Moore House is a classic example of the Beaux Arts architectural style and features a Louis XV-style exterior. The 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story structure includes a basement and comprises brick walls,

864-608: The home for diplomatic and social events. On May 28, 1927, Mabelle sold the home to the Crown in Right of Canada for $ 375,000. A portion of the home's furnishings were purchased for an additional $ 100,000. Until 1931, Canada had been represented in the United States by the British Embassy. From 1927 until 1946, the Clarence Moore House served as the Canadian chancery as well as the residence of

900-516: The main staircase. At the end of the hall are two parlors and a large drawing room . The second floor contains three bedrooms, two baths, and a service area. One of the bedrooms, the master suite, contains a separate staircase that gives access to the upper floors. The third floor contains bedroom suites and a playroom in the southeast corner. The fourth floor contains additional bedrooms and servants' quarters. Clarence Moore (businessman) Clarence Moore (March 1, 1865 – April 15, 1912)

936-404: The middle name "Bloomfield", Moore's birth, census, and passport records do not include a middle name. When his daughter was born in 1894, her father's name was listed as "Clarence Samuel Preston Moore". His name may have later been confused with that of another famous American of his time, archaeologist Clarence Bloomfield Moore (1852–1936). Drawing room A drawing room is a room in

972-517: The most spacious and expensive private accommodations available on board a sleeping car or private railroad car . An example, named as such, was a Midland Railway "Drawing Room Car" in 1874 that was made by Pullman and imported from the United States. In North America , it meant a room which slept three or more persons, with a private washroom . Although Amtrak has retired its sleeping cars that were built with drawing rooms, they are still used by Via Rail Canada . The traditional nomenclature

1008-666: The royal morning receptions that the French called levées were called "drawing rooms", with the sense originally that the privileged members of court would gather in the drawing room outside the king's bedroom, where he would make his first formal public appearance of the day. During the American Civil War , in the White House of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia , the drawing room

1044-491: The stories Moore told that evening was how he had helped a newspaper reporter interview Anse Hatfield , the patriarch on one side of the infamous Hatfield–McCoy feud . According to Col. Archibald Gracie IV , at around 2:00AM, Clarence Moore, along with friends Major Archibald Butt , painter Francis Millet , and lawyer Arthur L. Ryerson returned to their usual table in the First-Class Smoking Lounge and played

1080-776: The top equestrians in the Washington area, Moore played an integral part in starting the Chevy Chase fox hunting club, and was later a master of foxhounds for the Loudoun Hunt in Loudoun County, Virginia . Moore was a member of various private social clubs, including the Metropolitan , Chevy Chase, and Alibi clubs in Washington, as well as the New York Yacht Club in New York City and Travelers Club in Paris. Moore left Washington in mid-March 1912 for what his wife said

1116-476: The traditional drawing room performance and back into main street theater and film. While the drawing room itself has fallen out of favor, the play format has continued to provide a source of entertainment. Drawing room comedy typically features wit and verbal banter among wealthy, leisured, genteel, upper class characters. Drawing room comedy is also sometimes called the " comedy of manners ". Oscar Wilde 's 1895 The Importance of Being Earnest and several of

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1152-405: The walls are plastered to simulate limestone. In the back of the house is a five-bay entrance hall and staircase. The library entrance is located on the right side of the hallway and two reception rooms and a lavatory are located on the left side. Near the end of the hall are service rooms, service elevator, dining room (now the ambassador's office), and a breakfast room. A lavatory is located beneath

1188-487: Was a pleasure trip to England. The main purpose of his trip was to find and buy English Foxhounds for the Loudoun Hunt. While there, he also attended the Grand National horse race. Moore bought 50 pairs (100) of the dogs and booked first class travel back to the U.S. for himself and his English manservant, Charles Henry Harrington. They boarded the RMS Titanic on April 10 at Southampton with ticket number 113769 at

1224-684: Was a prominent American businessman and sportsman. In 1909, he built a large home in Washington, D.C. that now serves as an embassy of Uzbekistan . Moore died after a leisure trip to England, on his way home as a first class passenger on the RMS Titanic when it sank in the North Atlantic. Moore was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia , in 1865 to Jasper Yates Moore (1834–1907), a legal clerk, and Frances Elizabeth Reynolds (1842–1894), both of Virginia. Younger brother Frank Reynolds Moore (1869–1954) joined

1260-572: Was appointed to the Danish legation , afterward only using the mansion for diplomatic and social events. She sold the property to the monarchy of Canada in 1927, after which it was used as a Canadian chancery and embassy. Canada relocated their embassy to another property , officially opened in 1989, and sold the Massachusetts Avenue property in 1996 to the government of Uzbekistan , which also uses it as an embassy. Though often cited as having

1296-524: Was off the parlor where CSA President Jefferson Davis greeted his guests. At the conclusion of these greetings, the men remained in the parlor to talk politics and the women withdrew to the drawing room for their own conversation. This was common practice in the affluent circles of the Southern United States . In 1865, an architectural manual in England defined "drawing room" in this way: This

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