[2] The building was designed by architect George Oakley Totten Jr. (1866-1939), who studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and who also designed the Old Hungarian Embassy building next door at 2537 Fifteenth St.[3]: 13 The embassy also operates Consulates-General in Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New Haven, New Orleans, New York City, Newark, Phoenix and San Francisco.

[5] The chancery suffered damage in the 2011 Virginia earthquake on August 24, 2011.

[2] The earthquake caused cracks on internal walls and collapsed three of the building's chimneys.

[2] On September 27, 2017, a two alarm fire broke out on the roof of the chancery.

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