# Richard H. Townsend House in Washington, D.C., District of Columbia

        A Beaux Arts masterpiece on Massachusetts Avenue, this former Gilded Age mansion served as a brief residence for Franklin D. Roosevelt and now houses the exclusive Cosmos Club.

        ## Facts

        - Category: History
        - Best for: architecture, history, photography
        - Address: 2121 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008
        - Canonical URL: https://gydeinfo.com/washington-dc/places/richard-h-townsend-house/

        ## Sources

        - Claim source: [Cosmos Club Foundation](https://www.cosmosclubfoundation.org/); source_type=official; allowed_use=canonical_data
- Claim source: [The Townsend House - The Cosmos Club Historic Preservation Foundation](https://cchpf.org/the-townsend-house/); source_type=official; allowed_use=canonical_data
- Claim source: [Townsend House - National Park Service NPGallery](https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/d47f7a33-e283-4582-8f74-f5a26ce1bc17/); source_type=official; allowed_use=canonical_data
- Claim source: [Townsend House, 2121 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest - Library of Congress HABS](https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/dc0074/); source_type=official; allowed_use=canonical_data
- Claim source: [Cosmos Club | SAH Archipedia](https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/DC-01-DU35); source_type=manual; allowed_use=facts_with_citation
- Claim source: [The Townsend House (The Cosmos Club), Washington DC - Historic Structures](https://www.historic-structures.com/washington_dc/dc/townsend_house.php); source_type=manual; allowed_use=facts_with_citation

        ## Booking CTAs

        - No verified booking links are available.

        ## Machine-readable evidence

        - Evidence JSON: https://gydeinfo.com/washington-dc/places/richard-h-townsend-house.evidence.json
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