Embassy

The current U.S. chancery at 7 Raina Boulevard was built in 1863 and served as Reimers Eye Clinic until the mid-1930's. It then became an office building. During the Soviet period it housed the Construction Affairs Committee and the Riga city architectural and construction control board. After a preliminary dedication ceremony on February 7, 1992 at which Vice President Dan Quayle presided, the building formally opened as the U.S. embassy on April 10, 1992.