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Jefferson House is the ambassadorial residence in Colombo for the Ambassador of the United States in Sri Lanka. It was built in 1914 in the Cinnamon Gardens a suburb of Colombo. Once the home of Hon. Justice V. M. Fernando, Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon, it was purchased by the Government of the United States in 1948, for the use of its Ambassador to Ceylon and it was named after Thomas Jefferson.

See also

• Old United States Chancery, Colombo
• Westminster House
• India House

References

• Sri Lanka America Society AGM Archived 2011-06-17 at the Wayback Machine

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