Background
Jules De Sibour was born in 1872 in Rouen, France. He was brought to the U.S. in childhood.
Jules De Sibour was born in 1872 in Rouen, France. He was brought to the U.S. in childhood.
After a course of academic study at Yale University de Sibour he went back to France for his architectural training at the Paris Ecole des Beaux Arts.
He returned to the U. S. to launch his professional career in New York. In 1910 he moved to Washington, D. C., opened an office for independent practice, and in the course of years won success and recognition as the architect of several important buildings in the capital city Noteworthy examples of his work include Keith's Theatre in the Riggs Office Building; Chevy Chase Country Club; Lee House Apartment Hotel (1922); Investment Building (1924); Science Hall at
Howard University; McLachlain Building; Hamilton House Hotel (1922); McCormick Hotel at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and 18th Street, and the new Administrative Headquarters of the U. S. Service Bureau, built in 1934. Mr. de Sibour's last and most important public structure.