Background The United States and Jordan established
bilateral relations on February 18, 1949. The first envoy was
Wells Stabler, who served as ''
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim until Gerald A. Drew was appointed as permanent Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
on February 2, 1950. Following the raising of the Legation Amman
, the original diplomatic office, to embassy status in 1952, subsequent envoys have held the title of Ambassador.''
Chancery In 1954, American architect
Paul Rudolph was commissioned by the
Department of State to design a new embassy in Amman. He worked on the design of the new embassy until 1956, but it was ultimately never built. The current chancery began construction in 1988, at a cost of
$50 million, and was opened on July 4, 1992,
Independence Day in the United States. ==References==