Sheridan-Kalorama is one of Washington’s most exclusive residential enclaves, home to ambassadors, cabinet secretaries, and presidents for more than a century. The neighborhood takes its name from General Philip Sheridan’s statue at the Massachusetts Avenue traffic circle and the Kalorama estate that once occupied the hillside above Rock Creek. These posts dig into the mansions and the people who lived in them.
The buildings at 3003 and 3005 Massachusetts Avenue NW have been locked and silent for 46 years. Before the doors closed, they saw legendary parties, student protests, 4,000 bottles of champagne poured down the drain, and hundreds of riot police. This is the full story.
Oleg Deripaska’s mansion at 2501 30th NW replaced a 30-room Tudor Herbert Haft razed in 1985 to build his ‘mini-Versailles.’
Get a glimpse into the past and check out this amazing 1888 photo of the Windom House at 16th St. & Mass Ave in Washington, D.C. – now the site of the Australian Embassy
In these 1966 drawings, train cars roll under Connecticut Avenue, but above Rock Creek. These amazing early Metro plans never came to fruition. They depict the Red Line between Dupont Circle and Woodley Park.
From an 1820 Nourse farmhouse to a Masonic temple that never got built to the Washington Hilton of 1965, three entirely different DC landmarks used the same ten acres.
After the White House, the Obamas bought 2446 Belmont Road NW in Kalorama — a 9-bedroom, 8,000-square-foot home built in 1928 and listed at $6.5 million.
Take a look at the amazing transformation of Kalorama over time. From an empty lot in 1907 to a bustling, vibrant neighborhood worth over $200 million today – explore the comparison of these two maps!
Ghost Dog is back with three stories about Sheridan Circle, the most beautiful residential district in Washington. Learn about the 1976 assassination of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt, the rise of the mansions and a prank involving the statue of General Sheridan.
Explore what Washington Heights (Adams Morgan) and Kalorama looked like in 1903 with this map of the area just north of Boundary Street (Florida Avenue).
