[3] The current ambassador is Rosan Roeslani, who was appointed by President Joko Widodo on 25 October 2021.

[5] The 50-room mansion, designed by architect Henry Andersen, was built from 1901 to 1903 by Irish-born Thomas F. Walsh for his daughter Evalyn.

Evalyn eventually married Edward McLean, whose family owned The Washington Post.

From 1941 to 1951 the American Red Cross manufactured surgical dressings, and held classes for nurse's aides in the building.

In September 2014, the Indonesian government inaugurated a 16-foot tall statue of Dewi Saraswati, a goddess of knowledge and wisdom, representative of the island of Bali.