Kalorama Triangle

Kalorama Triangle (HM24LT)

Location: Washington, DC 20009
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 55.295', W 77° 2.615'

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Roads to Diversity

—Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

You are standing in the Kalorama Triangle Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1987. Most of its elaborate houses were built between 1888 and 1930 in what was then the "Washington Heights" subdivision. They survive as a fine collection of Washington rowhouse styles.

The word Kalorama (from the Greek for "beautiful view") comes from the 30-acre estate here above Rock Creek named by poet and diplomat Joel Barlow. He purchased Kalorama in 1807 upon President Thomas Jefferson's urging. Jefferson called the estate "a most lovely seat" with "superb house and gardens."

Kalorama was among a handful of such estates here through the 1880s. Then electric streetcars arrived. In 1891 the Rock Creek gorge was bridged at the site of today's Duke Ellington Bridge and in 1897 the Columbia Road streetcar line opened. Like today, new transportation led to development. Around 1915 Colonel George Truesdell divided his Managassett estate to build the elegant Mendota and Altamont apartments nearby on 20th Street and Wyoming Avenue. The Woodward family of Woodward & Lothrop department stores razed their mansion to build 2101 Connecticut Avenue. Kalorama Park, just down the hill from this sign, was once the estate of John Little, whose house survived until the 1920s.

Between 1902



and 1905 alone, builders constructed more than 100 handsome rowhouses in Kalorama Triangle. Architect B. Stanley Simmons and developer Franklin Sanner collaborated on the Romanesque houses ahead on Mintwood Place, considered one of Kalorama's most picturesque streets. Favorite architectural styles included Tudor Revival (1850 Mintwood), Colonial Revival (1848 Biltmore), Spanish Revival (1852 Biltmore), and Romanesque Revival (1853 Mintwood).
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HM NumberHM24LT
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Year Placed2005
Placed ByCultural Tourism DC
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Date Added Tuesday, January 16th, 2018 at 10:01am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 322839 N 4310060
Decimal Degrees38.92158333, -77.04358333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 55.295', W 77° 2.615'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 55' 17.7" N, 77° 2' 36.9" W
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Area Code(s)202
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1835 Columbia Rd NW, Washington DC 20009, US
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