Kalorama was primarily rural until the end of the 19th century. It is northwest of the original limits of Washington City in Pierre Charles L'Enfant's original plan.
In 1795, Gustavus Scott, a commissioner for the District of Columbia, purchased land that had been part of Anthony Holmead's "Widows Mite" holdings. He constructed a large, classically styled house at 23rd and S Streets, which he named Rock Hill. In 1803, Scott's wife, Margaret Scott, sold the property to William Augustine Washington.[6]
In 1807, Joel Barlow, a poet, diplomat, and political philosopher bought the property and renamed it "Kalorama", Greek for "fine view."[1] Barlow lived in the home until shortly before his death in 1812. He commissioned United States Capitol architect Benjamin Latrobe to enlarge the house and elevate its design. The residence was destroyed by a fire during the American Civil War while it was used as a Union hospital. It was rebuilt and returned to a single-family home until 1887, when it was leveled by the District of Columbia government for the extension of S Street NW.
In the early 1880s, the Kalorama area, largely undeveloped because it lay beyond Boundary Street (now Florida Avenue) and thus outside the city limits, began to be subdivided for urban development. In 1893, Congress ordered L'Enfant's design of the city of Washington extended outward to include the rest of the District. Existing developments were exempted, which is why Kalorama is one of the few areas of D.C. that do not adhere to the city's street grid.
Two high bridges over Rock Creek became important to the development of both sides of Kalorama in this period, the Calvert Street bridge (since replaced by the Duke Ellington Bridge), built in 1891, and the Taft Bridge (on Connecticut Avenue), built in 1907.
Roughly bounded by Connecticut Ave., Columbia Rd., and Calvert St.
NRHP reference No.
87000627
Added to NRHP
May 4, 1987; 36 years ago (1987-05-04)
The Kalorama Triangle is a residential enclave of Adams Morgan in Northwest Washington, bounded by three major thoroughfares: Connecticut Avenue, Calvert Street, and Columbia Road.
Kalorama Triangle is in the service area of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1C, the Adams Morgan Advisory Neighborhood Commission, and is represented by the commissioners for 1C02.[7]
Kalorama Heights is assigned to Washington's Sheridan-Kalorama Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2D) and designated as Single Member District 2D01 (the northeastern half) and 2D02 (the remainder).
The Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District is in southwestern Kalorama.[8]
Warren Harding lived at 2314 Wyoming Avenue NW from 1917 to 1921, then as a U.S. senator from Ohio. The house was built in 1915 in the Federal Architecture style on a design by architect George N. Ray, and is now the residence of the ambassador of Monaco.
Herbert Hoover, when appointed Secretary of Commerce in 1921, purchased a house built by Thomas Gales in 1902 in the Colonial Revival style on a design by Appleton P. Clark, Jr. He lived there with his family until his inauguration in 1929 and after leaving the White House from 1933 to 1944. It has been the Embassy of Burma, then Myanmar since 1954.
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^"Kalorama Washington DC Neighborhood Guide". Compass, Inc.
^DANGREMOND, SAM (January 17, 2017). "8 Things You Should Know About Kalorama, the Obamas' New Washington Neighborhood". Town & Country.
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"A Kalorama "Pic Nic" With Wild Romantic Scenery". – story about Kalorama from 1844 via Ghosts of DC
October 19, 2023
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Kalorama Washington D C news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Kalorama is a neighborhood in Northwest Washington D C United States It includes the Kalorama Triangle Historic District and Sheridan Kalorama Historic District It is named after the Kalorama mansion 1 KaloramaNeighborhood of Washington D C Private residences and embassies located on Massachusetts Avenue in Sheridan KaloramaKalorama Triangle rose Sheridan Kalorama maroon District of ColumbiaCoordinates 38 55 06 N 77 02 53 W 38 9184 N 77 048 W 38 9184 77 048CountryUnited StatesDistrict CityWashington D C QuadrantNorthwestWard1 amp 2Government CouncilmemberBrianne NadeauFrench ambassador s residence at 2221 Kalorama Road NWSpanish StepsKalorama Triangle is bordered by Connecticut Avenue Columbia Road Calvert Street and Rock Creek Park Sheridan Kalorama is adjacent to the southwest between Connecticut Avenue Rock Creek Park Massachusetts Avenue and Florida Avenue 2 3 The Sheridan Kalorama neighborhood includes several diplomatic residences such as the French ambassador s residence at 2221 Kalorama Road and the Residence of the Ambassador of the Netherlands at 2347 S Street as well as 28 embassies 4 It includes much of Embassy Row on Massachusetts Avenue The Taft Bridge carrying Connecticut Avenue over Rock Creek Park with its concrete lions is a notable feature The Spanish Steps are another neighborhood landmark Notable historic buildings include William E Borah Apartment Windsor Lodge The Lindens Lothrop Mansion Miller House Codman Davis House Wyoming Apartments and the Charles Evans Hughes House It also includes the Anthony Holmead Archeological Site According to Zillow the median home value in Kalorama is 1 5 million making it one of Washington s most expensive neighborhoods 5 It is accessible by the Red Line of the Washington Metro at the Woodley Park and Dupont Circle stations as well as Metrobus and the DC Circulator Contents 1 History 2 Kalorama Triangle 3 Sheridan Kalorama Kalorama Heights 4 Education 5 Notable residents and former residents 6 References 7 External linksHistory Edit nbsp Edward Lind Morse Studio at 2133 R Street NWKalorama was primarily rural until the end of the 19th century It is northwest of the original limits of Washington City in Pierre Charles L Enfant s original plan In 1795 Gustavus Scott a commissioner for the District of Columbia purchased land that had been part of Anthony Holmead s Widows Mite holdings He constructed a large classically styled house at 23rd and S Streets which he named Rock Hill In 1803 Scott s wife Margaret Scott sold the property to William Augustine Washington 6 In 1807 Joel Barlow a poet diplomat and political philosopher bought the property and renamed it Kalorama Greek for fine view 1 Barlow lived in the home until shortly before his death in 1812 He commissioned United States Capitol architect Benjamin Latrobe to enlarge the house and elevate its design The residence was destroyed by a fire during the American Civil War while it was used as a Union hospital It was rebuilt and returned to a single family home until 1887 when it was leveled by the District of Columbia government for the extension of S Street NW In the early 1880s the Kalorama area largely undeveloped because it lay beyond Boundary Street now Florida Avenue and thus outside the city limits began to be subdivided for urban development In 1893 Congress ordered L Enfant s design of the city of Washington extended outward to include the rest of the District Existing developments were exempted which is why Kalorama is one of the few areas of D C that do not adhere to the city s street grid Two high bridges over Rock Creek became important to the development of both sides of Kalorama in this period the Calvert Street bridge since replaced by the Duke Ellington Bridge built in 1891 and the Taft Bridge on Connecticut Avenue built in 1907 Kalorama Triangle EditSee also Kalorama Triangle Historic District Kalorama Triangle Historic DistrictU S National Register of Historic PlacesU S Historic district nbsp 2029 Connecticut Avenue nbsp nbsp Show map of the District of Columbia nbsp nbsp Show map of the United StatesLocationRoughly bounded by Connecticut Ave Columbia Rd and Calvert St NRHP reference No 87000627Added to NRHPMay 4 1987 36 years ago 1987 05 04 The Kalorama Triangle is a residential enclave of Adams Morgan in Northwest Washington bounded by three major thoroughfares Connecticut Avenue Calvert Street and Columbia Road Kalorama Triangle is in the service area of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1C the Adams Morgan Advisory Neighborhood Commission and is represented by the commissioners for 1C02 7 Sheridan Kalorama Kalorama Heights EditSheridan Kalorama also known as Kalorama Heights is bounded to the north and west by Rock Creek Park to the south and west by Massachusetts Avenue N W and to the south and east by Florida Avenue and Connecticut Avenue N W It is named after American Civil War general Philip Sheridan of whom there is also a statue in the neighborhood Kalorama Heights is assigned to Washington s Sheridan Kalorama Advisory Neighborhood Commission ANC 2D and designated as Single Member District 2D01 the northeastern half and 2D02 the remainder The Sheridan Kalorama Historic District is in southwestern Kalorama 8 Education EditDistrict of Columbia Public Schools operates public schools Kalorama Heights is zoned to Marie Reed Elementary School in Adams Morgan 9 High school students are assigned to Woodrow Wilson High School Notable residents and former residents EditSheridan Kalorama has been home to six presidents Woodrow Wilson purchased a house at 2340 S Street NW in 1921 and lived there until his death three years later After the 1961 death of Wilson s widow Edith Bolling Galt Wilson the Woodrow Wilson House was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and became a museum dedicated to Wilson William Howard Taft lived in the large Colonial Revival house at 2215 Wyoming Avenue from 1921 until his death in 1930 Alvan T Fuller built the house in 1908 on a design by local architect Appleton P Clark Jr and it is now the Syrian Embassy Franklin D Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt lived at 2131 R Street NW from 1917 to 1920 while he was Assistant Secretary of the Navy The house originally built in 1899 with a 1901 addition is now the residence of the ambassador of Mali Warren Harding lived at 2314 Wyoming Avenue NW from 1917 to 1921 then as a U S senator from Ohio The house was built in 1915 in the Federal Architecture style on a design by architect George N Ray and is now the residence of the ambassador of Monaco Herbert Hoover when appointed Secretary of Commerce in 1921 purchased a house built by Thomas Gales in 1902 in the Colonial Revival style on a design by Appleton P Clark Jr He lived there with his family until his inauguration in 1929 and after leaving the White House from 1933 to 1944 It has been the Embassy of Burma then Myanmar since 1954 Barack Obama Michelle Obama and their two daughters lived in Kalorama after Obama s presidency ended on January 20 2017 10 11 The neighborhood was home to several Supreme Court Justices including Charles Evans Hughes Louis Brandeis Harlan F Stone Joseph McKenna Sandra Day O ConnorOther notable residents and former residents Joel Barlow 1754 1812 named his house Kalorama which served as the basis for the name of the neighborhood Jeff Bezos purchased a house in Kalorama in 2016 for 23 million formerly the Textile Museum and another house nearby for 5 million 12 William Richards Castle Jr educator and diplomat Louis DeJoy United States Postmaster General Frederic Adrian Delano railroad president and member of Federal Reserve Board of Governors Elizabeth Eisenstein historian Ted Kennedy 1932 2009 U S senator Jared Kushner born 1981 2 Jack Lew former United States Secretary of the Treasury Adolph C Miller member of Federal Reserve Board of Governors Harvey Pitt 1945 2023 lawyer and SEC chairman 13 George W Renchard ambassador Donald Rumsfeld 1932 2021 former United States Secretary of Defense Robert O Scholz 1895 1978 designer Justin B Smith CEO of Bloomberg Media 2 Rex Tillerson former United States Secretary of State acquired a Kalorama house for 5 6 million in 2017 14 Ivanka Trump born 1981 2 Chris Wallace born 1947 Fox News anchor 2 References Edit a b Dastagir Alia E November 27 2011 Behind the Name Kalorama Heights DCist a b c d e Jacobs Harrison November 26 2017 We visited the swanky Washington DC neighborhood that Jared Kushner Ivanka Trump and the Obamas call home Business Insider Kalorama Washington DC Neighborhood Guide Compass Inc DANGREMOND SAM January 17 2017 8 Things You Should Know About Kalorama the Obamas New Washington Neighborhood Town amp Country Kalorama Home Values Zillow Deed of Sale of property by Margaret Scott to William Augustine Washington 27 Sep 1803 ANC1C Sheridan Kalorama Historic District planning dc gov Marie Reed Elementary School District of Columbia Public Schools Hirschfeld Davis Julie May 25 2016 Obamas Next Home 9 Bedrooms in a Wealthy Washington Neighborhood The New York Times Savransky Rebecca May 24 2016 Obamas pick DC neighborhood to move to in 2017 The Hill Hall Emily Orton Kathy January 12 2017 Jeff Bezos is the anonymous buyer of the biggest house in Washington The Washington Post 1 Freed Benjamin February 22 2017 Rex Tillerson Buys 5 6 Million Kalorama Home Washingtonian External links Edit nbsp United States portal nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sheridan Kalorama nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kalorama Triangle Washington D C Kalorama Triangle Historic District Sheridan Kalorama Historic District ANC 2D Website Kalorama Triangle Brochure Kalorama Triangle Maintaining Old World Charm The Washington Post February 26 1994 In the Lap Of Luxury And History The Washington Post December 21 1996 Sheridan Kalorama Homes History Thrive The Washington Post August 21 1993 A Kalorama Pic Nic With Wild Romantic Scenery story about Kalorama from 1844 via Ghosts of DC Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kalorama Washington D C amp oldid 1175393940, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
