Adams Morgan, the neighborhood formerly known as Washington Heights, is a residential and commercial neighborhood in Washington, D.C. Its epicenter is at 18th St. and Columbia Rd. NW.
A peek into the tragic history of a purportedly haunted home in Adams Morgan: could the tormented spirits of the Walter family, who suffered immense loss and grief, still be lingering within its walls?
Take a step back in time and check out this advertisement for homes in Adams Morgan and Mt. Pleasant from December 7th, 1907. Printed in The Evening Star, this is so cool!
Adams Morgan is named for two formerly segregated schools that merged in 1955. One was all-Black. One was all-white.
These homes on Euclid Street were some of the first in Washington designed by a woman. Check our the ads from 1907.
Adams Morgan didn’t exist in 1888. Read this story to learn the history of how it came to be known as Adams Morgan. We also have a great map showing Adams Morgan when it was very rural.
![Capital Transit demonstration run of a Twin Coach articulated bus (a model they did not end up using), April 3, 1948. This turnaround is still used by buses today [photo by Robert S. Crockett].](https://ghostsofdc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2015/12/10896004463_3f7d28bb16_o.jpg)
Take a look back at the bus turnaround in Adams Morgan, DC – then and now. See the old photo of the bus turnaround and how it looks today, minus the Toddle House in the background which is now Mama Ayesha’s.
Discover the amazing, true story of a Prohibition raid gone wrong in Adams Morgan in 1928. Read about the raid and subsequent legal problems for the proprietors, the trial, and the bizarre disappearance of a jury member!
On January 28, 1922, the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater at 18th and Columbia caved under 28 inches of snow and killed 98 people.
Take a journey through history with us and explore the historical entrance to the National Zoo in Rock Creek Park. Learn more about the area and its past with us today.
Take a look back in time to 1892 and see what Adams Morgan looked like before the jumbo slices. Explore a topographic map from the Library of Congress showing the area with no 18th St. and 16th St. and a much more rural landscape.
