Here is an old advertisement for real estate in Columbia Heights. This was printed on Saturday, November 12th, 1921 in The Washington Times. Using the consumer price index, $6,300 in 1921 equals $78,100 today. Though if you look at this simple online calculator, you’ll see the estimates vary wildly.
![1921 ad for Columbia Heights homes](https://ghostsofdc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2015/02/columbia-heights-home-607x1024.jpg)
Source: Library of Congress