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 the area in the 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 Barack Obama Ted Kennedy Rex Tillerson Jeff Bezos Justin B. Smith Chris Wallace James Wolfensohn Lyndon B. Johnson
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