Climate Institute
1785 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington DC 20036
Telephone: +1-202-547-0104
Facsimile: +1-202-547-0111
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CLIMATE INSTITUTE LOCATED IN NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION BUILDING

The Climate Institute is located on the first floor of the National Trust for Historic Preservation Building, near several Washington think tanks and policy centers at Dupont Circle. It is on the same block as the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Worldwatch Institute, and Johns Hopkins’ Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). It is also located near Resources for the Future and the Dupont Circle Metro Station, as well as a number of renowned eateries. The Institute's facility includes a conference room accommodating 60 to 80 people.

Built in 1915-1917 by Stanley McCormick, son of Cyrus McCormick, inventor of the McCormick reaper, the National Trust for Historic Preservation Building is itself one of Washington's most historic buildings. For the sixty years before its purchase in 1977 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1785 Massachusetts Avenue was one of the premiere luxury residential buildings in Washington. From 1921 to 1932 when he served as Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Harding, Coolidge and Hoover, Andrew Mellon rented and resided in the fifth floor. The building was the birthplace of the National Gallery of Art. Knowing that Mellon lived upstairs, Lord Joseph Duveen, the world's leading art dealer, rented the entire fourth floor and outfitted it with masterpieces, including works by Botticelli, Giovanni, Reynolds and Verrochio, hired a security guard, and gave Mellon the keys. Over time Mellon bought more than 40 art works, reportedly for a total of $21 million, and donated them to the American people by founding and endowing the National Gallery of Art.

The photograph shows the side of the building that the Climate Institute is occupying. The entrance is on the corner of 18^th and Massachusetts Avenue.