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20009 zipcode) ADAMS MORGAN is not a legal neighborhood of Washington DC but a community within Kalorama, Mt. Pleasant, and Columbia Heights. 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. In 2009, 33 single family homes sold in Adams Morgan for an average sale price of $761,877. The average list price was $774,683. This represents a 39% decrease in the number of sales and a 4% decrease in the average sale price from 2008. Homes were on the market in 2009 for an average of 49 days. By the end of 2009, there were 8 single-family homes on the market and 2 houses under contract. The average sale price for single-family homes in 2008 in Adams Morgan was $793,136. This compares to $818,055 and $766,437 in 2007 and 2006, respectively. The average list price was $828,630 in 2008, $836,316 in 2007, and $793,170 in 2006. Listed below are the sales of single-family homes by price range for the past four years. Be advised that since Adams Morgan is not a legal subdivision of Washington, boundaries are estimates.
In 2009, 341 condo and coop units sold in Adams Morgan for an average sale price of $453,131 and an average list price of $459,023. This represents an 8% increase in the number of sales and a 5% increase in the average sale price from 2008. The condo and coop units were on the market for an average of 84 days. By the end of 2009, there were 64 condos and coops on the market and 30 under contract. The average sale price was $431,790 in Adams Morgan in 2008, $471,512 in 2007, and $476,116 in 2006. Listed below are the sales of condos and coops by price range for the past four years.
For well over two decades, real estate property values rose markedly in Adams Morgan. Residences range from modest units in rowhouses to new loft condos that are built over stores or redesigned warehouses to refurbished turn-of-the-century jewels. The styles from which to choose are as eclectic as the neighborhood - Federals, Victorians, contemporaries, Beaux Arts, and Art Deco. So too are the types of residences which include detached and semi-detached homes, townhouses, and low-rise and mid-rise condos and coops. Adams Morgan is considered the most multi-ethnic and culturally diverse neighborhood in Washington DC. The cuisine of the local restaurants exemplifies the diversity and makes Adams Morgan an exciting place to live. The nightclub life abounds as do colorful building murals. Adams Morgan has been described as vibrant, eclectic, and funky and is often compared to New York City's Greenwich Village and SoHo and San Francisco's Haight Asbury. Eighteenth Street is the main commercial corridor. In addition to restaurants, there are numerous shops, galleries, clothiers, and book stores that reflect the neighborhood. Every September for over 20 years, the Adams Morgan Day Festival closes down 18th Street to celebrate the neighborhood's diversity. The Adams Morgan Farmers Market located at Columbia Road and 18th Street is open every Saturday from May through December. The expansive Meridian Hill Park is located on 16th Street. Also known as Malcolm X Park, it is of neoclassical park design and used as a park for the performing arts. The Friends of Meridian Hill Park were one of the first neighborhood groups to help restore and renovate local parks. There are two public elementary schools in Adams Morgan, H.D. Cooke and John Quincy Adams. Cardozo Senior High School is also located in Adams Morgan. The public charter school for preschool and kindergarten, Academy for the Arts, is on New Hampshire Avenue. By the late 1800s, Adams Morgan was divided into four subdivisions - Washington Heights, Lanier Heights, Meridian Hill, and Cliffbourne. Lanier Heights, the most elite and well-known of the subdivisions, was started by George Brown Good, Director of the Smithsonian, who bought tracts of land, put in streets, and sold lots to his friends. The neighborhood was the home of the famous landmark, the Knickerbocker Theater which roof collapsed from a heavy snowstorm in January 1922. The bucolic nature of the neighborhood was changed by the introduction of a streetcar line on 18th Street in 1892, soon followed by another line in 1897 on Columbia Road. By the turn of the century the mansions that overlooked the city were surrounded by apartment buildings and rowhouses. Adams Morgan had many notable residents in buildings like the Ontario, the Norwood, and the Wyoming including General Douglas Macarthur, Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower, and Admiral Robert E. Peary. With the large influx of government workers during World War II, many of the neighborhood's palatial homes were converted into boarding houses, and by the1950s Adams Morgan began to decline. Brown vs. the Board of Education put Adams Morgan in the history books. In 1955, two segregated elementary schools, Thomas P. Morgan for African-Americans and the all-white John Quincy Adams were peacefully integrated. This event made Washington the first major city to successfully integrate schools. The neighborhood was renamed for the two schools to commemorate the event. The early 1960s saw an influx of Cubans, who joined the small group of Spanish-speaking residents who worked at nearby embassies. They were soon followed by immigrants from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa. In the late 1980s, so-called yuppies began to move into the neighborhood.
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