Kalorama in Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, 12 February 2020 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika Category/Kategorie: General
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The Kalorama area within the
Northwest Quadrant of
Washington, D.C. includes the residential neighborhoods of
Kalorama Triangle and
Sheridan-Kalorama . The area is accessible from the
Dupont Circle and
Woodley Park Metro stations, as well as various bus lines. Kalorama 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 .
The Kalorama area was primarily rural until the close of the 19th century, lying northwest of the original limits of Washington City from L’Enfant ‘s original plan. In 1795, Gustavus Scott, a commissioner for the District of Columbia, purchased the property, which had been a portion 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. In 1807, the poet, diplomat, and political philosopher Joel Barlow bought the property and renamed it “Kalorama,” Greek for “fine view.”
George B. McClellan statue © AgnosticPreachersKid/cc-by-sa-3.0
Barlow lived in the home until shortly before his death in 1812. Barlow commissioned
Capitol architect
Benjamin Latrobe to enlarge the house and elevate its design. Kalorama (the residence) was destroyed by a fire during the
American Civil War while it was used as a
Union hospital. The residence 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 portions of D.C. that do not adhere to the city’s street grid. Two high bridges over the deep gorge of 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.
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