It is located at 1520 New Hampshire Avenue, NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C.[1] The government of Jamaica established its first embassy in the U.S. on August 16, 1962.

The Jamaican Embassy is supported by two Consulates- General located in Miami and New York City.

The embassy is headed by Audrey P. Marks, the current ambassador of Jamaica to the United States.

[3] The embassy's current building, an example of Beaux-Arts architecture, is a contributing property to the Dupont Circle Historic District and valued at $4.422 million.

[4] Notable owners of the property have included Beekman Winthrop,[5] George P. McLean,[6] author Thomas Bell Sweeney,[7] the Institute for Policy Studies,[8] and the Children's Defense Fund.