Sheridan-Kalorama in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
The Arts in Sheridan-Kalorama
Sheriden Kalorama
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Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, September 17, 2016
1. The Arts in Sheridan-Kalorama Marker
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The Arts in Sheridan-Kalorama. Sheriden Kalorama. Writers, sculptors, painters, and collectors made Sheridan-Kalorama their home: best-selling mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart at 2419 Massachusetts; classicist Edith Hamilton at 2448 Massachusetts; poet/novelist Elinor Wylie at 2153 Florida; Willem de Looper, Dutch-born abstract painter, and Frederick Hart, sculptor of the National Cathedral's Creation Series, at 2219 California. Alice Pike Barney conducted an arts salon in her Waddy Wood-designed home at 2306 Massachusetts. The modern art collection of Joseph and Olga Hirshhorn, 2241 Bancroft, became the foundation of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
Writers, sculptors, painters, and collectors made Sheridan-Kalorama their home: best-selling mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart at 2419 Massachusetts; classicist Edith Hamilton at 2448 Massachusetts; poet/novelist Elinor Wylie at 2153 Florida; Willem de Looper, Dutch-born abstract painter, and Frederick Hart, sculptor of the National Cathedral's Creation Series, at 2219 California. Alice Pike Barney conducted an arts salon in her Waddy Wood-designed home at 2306 Massachusetts. The modern art collection of Joseph and Olga Hirshhorn, 2241 Bancroft, became the foundation of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
Erected by Cultural Tourism DC. (Marker Number 3.)
Location. 38° 54.76′ N, 77° 2.935′ W. Marker is in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Sheridan-Kalorama. Marker is at the intersection of R Street Northwest and 22nd Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on R Street Northwest. Touch for map. Marker is at or near
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this postal address: 2201 R Street Northwest, Washington DC 20008, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, September 17, 2016
2. The Arts in Sheridan-Kalorama Marker reverse
As mentioned on the marker: Alice Pike Barney conducted an arts salon in her Waddy Wood-designed home at 2306 Massachusetts...here depicts the interior of the Barney Studio.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, September 17, 2016
3. The Arts in Sheridan-Kalorama Marker
A view of the marker towards the south along 22nd Street, NW.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, September 17, 2016
4. The Arts in Sheridan-Kalorama Marker
A view to the north of the marker across R Street, NW.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 4, 2016, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 353 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 4, 2016, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.