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Kalorama Park and Archeological Site

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Kalorama Park
Kalorama Park

The Kalorama Park and Archeological Site is a park and archeological site in the Kalorama Triangle neighborhood of northwest Washington, D.C. Bounded by Kalorama Road, Columbia Road, 19th Street, and the rear property lines of buildings on Mintwood Place, the 3.17-acre (1.28 ha) triangular park includes roughly 2 acres (0.8 ha) that contains remnants of a 19th-century farm. The park includes a central lawn, a basketball court, playgrounds, a community garden, winding paths, and a field house. The present-day park sits on land previously inhabited by the Nacotchtank tribe. Years later the Holmead family owned the land and sold it to the Hines brothers. Irish immigrant John Little purchased the property in the 1830s and established a farm. He built a large manor house in the 1850s which stood until 1937. Little owned over a dozen slaves, one of whom was Hortense Prout. She briefly escaped in 1861, possibly with help from people associated with the Underground Railroad, but was apprehended and returned to Little's custody. After slavery in the District of Columbia was abolished in 1862, Little continued operating his farm until his death. His daughters later sold portions of his farm to brewer and real estate investor Christian Heurich and lumber merchant Thomas W. Smith. In the early 1900s, neighborhood residents formed a group, later named the Kalorama Citizens Association, to advocate for a park. A few decades later this finally came to fruition when the National Capital Planning Commission purchased the two properties previously owned by Heurich and Smith. The park was established in 1947 and named in honor of the citizens group. It is administered by the District of Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation. Due to archeological tests resulting in the discovery of remnants of the manor house along with household artifacts, the site was nominated for historic landmark status. The Kalorama Park and Archeological Site was added to the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites in 2010 and National Register of Historic Places in 2016. Because of the site's connection with Prout's escape, the park is also included in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

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Adams Morgan is a neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C., centered at the intersection of 18th Street NW and Columbia Road, about 1.5 miles (2.54 km) north of the White House. Notable establishments in the neighborhood include the Washington Hilton and Madam's Organ Blues Bar. Notable residential buildings include Euclid Apartments, Fuller House, Park Tower, Meridian Mansions, and the Pink Palace. Embassies in the neighborhood include the Embassy of Lithuania, the Embassy of Poland, the Embassy of the Central African Republic, the Embassy of Gabon and the Embassy of Cuba. Notable public artwork in Adams Morgan includes Carry the Rainbow on Your Shoulders, The Servant Christ, and The Mama Ayesha's Restaurant Presidential Mural. Adams Morgan is a thriving spot for nightlife and live music, particularly along 18th Street NW. Approximately 100 establishments possess liquor licenses. A moratorium on new liquor licenses has been in effect since 2000.It has been referred to as D.C.'s last funky neighborhood, although some say it is past its prime. It has also been referred to as "quirky".It is composed of rowhouses and classically-styled mid-rise apartment buildings, including many cooperatives and condominiums, along with various commercial structures. The name Adams Morgan, once hyphenated, is derived from the names of two formerly segregated area elementary schools—the older, all-black Thomas P. Morgan Elementary School (now defunct) and the all-white John Quincy Adams Elementary School, which merged in 1955 following racial desegregation.Adams Morgan is bounded: to the south by Florida Avenue NW and the Dupont Circle neighborhood to the southwest by the Duke Ellington Bridge and by Connecticut Avenue NW and Kalorama-Sheridan to the north by Harvard St. and Mount Pleasant to the east by 16th Street NW and Columbia HeightsReed-Cooke is a sub-neighborhood of Adams Morgan, consisting of the easternmost area between Columbia Road and Florida avenue.