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Kalorama If you have questions about the following data or want more information, contact us at 202-965-3715. If you would like to be included in periodic e-mail updates on this or other neighborhoods, send your name and e-mail address to info@hananhomes.com. As of September 30, 2008, 15 single-family homes were for sale in Kalorama. The range in prices were spread fairly even from under $1 million up to $10 million. Four were under contract, with three ranging from $2.4 million to just under $4 million in list price. In the third quarter of 2008, four homes sold from $1.4 million to just over $2 million. In the first half of 2008, 13 single-family homes sold in Kalorama. In 2007, there were 38 sales, while 36 homes sold in 2006. The average sale price in the first half of 2008 was $2,740,000. This compares to $2,453,105 and $2,289,517 in 2007 and 2006, respectively. The average list price was $2,958,300 in the first half of 2008, $2,608,684 in 2007, and $2,428,969 in 2006. Listed below are the sales by price range.
The number of condominiums and cooperatives that were sold in the third quarter of 2008 totaled 23, with 15 under contract. There were 33 condos and coops for sale as of September 30, 2008. For the first half of 2008, 55 condos/coops were sold, 191 for the year 2007, and 165 in 2006. The average sales price was $561,178 in the first half of 2008, $536,392 in 2007, and $532,950 in 2006. Listed below are the sales by price range.
One quarter of the almost 700 buildings in Kalorama are embassies, chanceries, or apartment buildings. The architectural styles in Kalorama Triangle include English Arts and Crafts, Georgian Revival, and Italian and Spanish derivatives of Mediterranean styles. It is a mixture of rowhouses, townhouses, large and small apartment buildings, and freestanding homes. Sheridan-Kalorama architecture includes revival Georgian, Mediterranean, and Italian Renaissance, and while there are large townhouses and luxury apartment and condo buildings, the neighborhood is best known for it large free-standing buildings. Even though most of the free-standing mansions are no longer personal residences, Kalorama is still one of the most elegant DC neighborhoods in which to live. Location is also a plus for the neighborhood. With Adams Morgan, Dupont Circle, West End, and Georgetown bordering Kalorama, there is a plethora of shopping areas, restaurants, movie theaters, and innumerable amenities. Kalorama is also close to the Dupont Circle Metro station. While Kalorama is a largely residential area, there are a number of museums and historic sites open to the public. These include the Textile Museum, Washington Center for Photography, the Phillips Collection, Arts Science and Technology Institute - Holography Museum, the Woodrow Wilson House, and the National Museum of American Jewish Military History. The Islamic Center is also located in Kalorama. In addition to bordering on Rock Creek Park, other public green areas include the Kalorama Park, the Spanish Steps off Decatur Street, and Sheridan Circle. Mitchell Park on S Street, which neighbors organized to renovate, has a children's playground. The middle school of Rock Creek International School and John Quincy Adams Elementary School are located in Kalorama. The Amazing Life Games Preschool is located on Mintwood Place. Charles II of England granted 600 acres to John Langworth. In the late 18th Century, Anthony Holmead took possession of the Langworth acreage near Rock Creek, calling it Widow's Mite. In 1750 it was passed on to his nephew, Anthony, who built a house called Rock Hill. By 1795 he sold the house and 30 acres to Gustavus Scott who served as a commissioner for the city in 1794. Scott constructed a grander house which he called Belair. He died destitute and his wife sold the property for $16,000 to William Augustine Washington, nephew of the president. Five years later, Joel Barlow, a well-known poet and friend of Thomas Jefferson, left Paris and bought the manor house, renaming it Kalorama, Greek for "fine view." The estate retained the name as it was passed down to several owners. By 1887 the property was subdivided into small urban lots including Belair Heights to the west, Kalorama in the center, Truesdell's Addition to Washington Heights to the northeast, Tuttle's Subdivision east of the estate, and Presbury and Goddard's to its west. The transportation system held back Kalorama's early growth. Massachusetts Avenue was finally expanded after a bridge was constructed over the gully at Rock Creek which cut through the original Kalorama property. The two sides of Connecticut Avenue were eventually connected when the Taft Bridge, the largest unreinforced concrete bridge in the world, was completed in 1907. With the newly improved Connecticut Avenue route, private property was confiscated, subdivision plans altered, and the neighborhood was divided in two by Connecticut Avenue. Kalorama Triangle to the east became a working middle-class community with well-designed, spacious houses near the streetcar lines, while Sheridan-Kalorama to the west with larger lots served the wealthy who sought free standing homes. Sheridan-Kalorama became an historic district in 1989.
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