Kalorama Triangle: The History of a Capital Neighborhood

Kalorama is Greek for fine view," and it was the vista that drew wealthy colonists to set their farms and manor homes on the verdant hills above the capital. With the start of the Civil War, the grand hilltop residences were turned over to the army to be used as barracks and hospitals. It was only after the war that the land was developed into city streets that saw everything from the excesses of the Gilded Age to the horrors of the 1922 Knickerbocker Theater Disaster. Historian and longtime resident Stephen A. Hansen charts the evolution of the neighborhood from its earliest history through the twentieth century as residents fought to preserve the historic character of Kalorama Triangle."

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Published: 04/10/2011
ISBN: 9781540230867
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d