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20008, 20009 zipcodes) 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, 22 single-family homes sold in Kalorama for an average sale price of $2,290,454. The average list price was $2,553,000. This represents a 12% decrease in the number of sales and a 2% increase in the average sale price from 2008. Homes were on the market in 2009 for an average of 155 days. By the end of 2009, there were 17 single-family homes on the market and 3 houses under contract. The average sale price in 2008 in Kalorama was $2,238,923. This compares to $2,453,105 and $2,289,517 in 2007 and 2006, respectively. The average list price was $2,397,476 in 2008, $2,608,684 in 2007, and $2,428,969 in 2006. Listed below are the sales of single-family homes by price range for the past four years.
In 2009, 119 condo and coop units sold in Kalorama for an average sale price of $499,400 and an average list price of $513,907. This represents an 8% increase in the number of sales and a 7% decrease in the average sale price from 2008. The condo and coop units were on the market for an average of 59 days. By the end of 2009, there were 22 condos or coops on the market and 8 under contract. The average sale price was $539,161 in Kalorama in 2008, $536,392 in 2007, and $532,950 in 2006. Listed below are the sales of condos and coops by price range for the past four years.
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/coop buildings, the neighborhood is best known for its large free-standing buildings. Even though a number of its 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. John Quincy Adams Elementary School is located in Kalorama. 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 detached homes. Sheridan-Kalorama became an historic district in 1989.
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