Notable Residents of The Two Neighborhoods
Presidents William Taft, Warren G. Harding, Herbert Hoover, and Franklin D. Roosevelt all called the neighborhood home at some point in their public service lives. Woodrow Wilson, the only former President to relocate to Washington (as his official residence) following his immediate departure from office, chose the neighborhood for his home. Following the death of Wilson's widow, Edith, the Woodrow Wilson House, located at 2340 S Street, NW, became a museum dedicated to the memory of Woodrow W. Wilson. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964.
Recent Kalorama residents include the late U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and historian Elizabeth Eisenstein.
Other highlights of the neighborhood include a number of embassies (the Embassy Row section of Washington is largely situated on Massachusetts Avenue, the northeast side of which is the southwestern boundary of Sheridan-Kalorama), the official residence of the French ambassador at 2221 Kalorama Road, and the William Howard Taft Bridge, carrying Connecticut Avenue over Rock Creek, with its imposing concrete lions. Much of the architecture in the area is either Victorian or Art Deco.
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