The Government of Mexico purchased the House for $330,000 and immediately added a chancery wing to meet its function as an Embassy.

However, by the mid 80s the number of staff had grown and the house could no longer accommodate the Embassy comfortably.

The Embassy was moved to its current location, albeit without its consular division, which stayed at the MacVeagh House.

[2] The building that the Embassy now occupies was designed by architect Peter Vercelli[3] and built in 1986.

The following is a list of Mexican ambassadors since 2006:[6] The Embassy exercises a number of functions in its representation to the Government of the United States, including political, administrative, economic, public diplomacy, and consular affairs, that are managed by officials from the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs:[7] The consular division of the Embassy is not housed at the chancery, and is instead located in a building on 23rd Street NW.