- Source: Kalorama Heights
Kalorama Heights is a historic neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C. It is home to diplomats, power brokers, wealthy and political elites in D.C.
Origin of name
The neighborhood got its name from Joel Barlow's home in area at that time in 1800s.
Area
The neighborhood extends roughly from Massachusetts Avenue in the southwest to Calvert Street in the northeast, lying to the south of Rock Creek Park. The neighborhood is divided into two historic districts, separated by Connecticut Avenue:
The Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District to the west and south of Connecticut Avenue, and
the Kalorama Triangle Historic District to its north and east.
Notable residents
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
Tony Podesta (formerly)
Barack Obama
Ted Kennedy
Rex Tillerson
Jeff Bezos
Justin B. Smith
Chris Wallace
James Wolfensohn
Lyndon B. Johnson
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Kalorama Heights
- Kalorama
- Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District
- Kalorama Triangle Historic District
- List of diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C.
- Advisory Neighborhood Commission
- Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C.
- Esther Coopersmith
- Mitchell Park (Washington, D.C.)
- Statue of Soh Jaipil
