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1. CALLBX_170125_34.JPG: Rhodes Tavern Site of Washington DC's first election, June 7, 1802 This marker placed by the Rhodes Tavern -- DC Heritage Society, June 7, 2002
2. CALLBX_170125_37.JPG: Site of Rhodes Tavern 1799-1984 Built in 1799, in the hope that the new capital would become a great city. Opened as a tavern and inn by William Rhodes, 1801. Washington's first 'town hall,' where White House architect James Hoban and other citizens met to petition Congress for representation and locally elected government, 1801. Polling place in first City Council election, 1802. Early boarding house used by members of Congress, 1807-1814. Spared the torch during the British burning of Washington, 1814. First home of the bank of the Metropolis, 1814-1836, and of Riggs Bank, 1840-1845. Washington Stock Exchange, 1881-1884. National Press Club, 1909-1914; visited by Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. Witness to every inaugural parade from Thomas Jefferson's in 1805 until Ronald Reagan's in 1981. Ballot initiative to preserve the building approved by Washington citizens, 1983. Razed, 1984. This marker placed by the Rhodes tavern -- DC Heritage Society, June 7, 1999, with the help of pennies collected by DC Public School students.
3. CALLBX_170204_11.JPG: Sheridan Kalorama Call Box Restoration Project Women of Influence Sheridan-Kalorama has been home to many influential women. While she lobbied our political leaders to support Nationalist China, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek lived nearby at 2443 Kalorama Rd. Others include presidential wives Eleanor Roosevelt, a wise political partner, civil rights leader and United Nations delegate Lou Henry Hoover, president of the Red Cross; and Edith Galt Wilson, who after her husband's stroke controlled the White House. Shirley Temple Black, a child movie star who became ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia, and Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor also lived here. About the Artist: Peter Waddell, artist, specializes in images of 18th and 19th century Washington.
4. CALLBX_170204_14.JPG: Attention: You are now entering a "restricted building or grounds," as defined in Title 18, United States Code, Section 1752. By entering this area, you are consenting to a search of your person and belongings. Persons entering or remaining in the area without lawful authority are in violation of federal law and will be subject to arrest and prosecution. United States Secret Service
5. CALLBX_170204_22.JPG: Sheridan Kalorama Call Box Restoration Project Diplomacy Surrounding you are some of the 75 embassies, chanceries and diplomatic residences that lend a vibrant international presence to Sheridan-Kalorama. The practice of diplomacy -- the conduct of relations among nations that involves negotiating treaties, forging trade relationships, protecting national interests and working for peace -- is part of the every day life that characterizes this most international section of Washington. As welcome neighbors, diplomats and embassy staff can be seen enjoying the neighborhood parks, sharing in local events and strolling on the sidewalks of this elegant neighborhood. About the Artist: Art and Design by Supon Creative Enterprises.
6. CALLBX_170414_08.JPG: Sheridan Kalorama Call Box Restoration Project George Washington Here is an elegant George Washington trotting on his handsome horse. Our first president never lived in the city that bears his name, but in the late 1700s you might have glimpsed Washington riding along the Post Road, a highway that connected important fledgling East Coast cities. A portion of that road is now Florida Avenue. Washington might have been on his way home to Mount Vernon from Philadelphia, then the nation's capital. The Capitol can be seen under construction in the distance. About the Artist: Peter Waddell, artist, specializes in images of 18th and 19th century Washington.
7. CALLBX_170414_15.JPG: Peter Waddell autograph
8. CALLBX_170414_17.JPG: Sheridan Kalorama Call Box Restoration Project The Arts in Sheridan-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. About the Artist: Peter Waddell, artist, specializes in images of 18th and 19th century Washington. -- Mary Roberts Rinehart From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876 – September 22, 1958) was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie, although her first mystery novel was published 14 years before Christie's first novel in 1920. Rinehart is considered the source of the phrase "The butler did it" from her novel The Door (1930), although the novel does not use the exact phrase. Rinehart is also considered to have invented the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing, with the publication of The Circular Staircase (1908). -- Edith Hamilton From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edith Hamilton (August 12, 1867 – May 31, 1963) was an American educator and internationally-known author who was one of the most renowned classicist of her era. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, she also studied in Germany at the University of Leipzig and the University of Munich. Hamilton began her career as an educator and head of the Bryn Mawr School, a private college preparatory school for girls in Baltimore, Maryland; however, Hamilton is best known for her essays and best-selling books on ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. Hamilton's second career as an author began after her retirement from Bryn Mawr School in 1922. She was sixty-two years old when her first book, The Greek Way, was published in 1930. It was an immediate success and a featured selection by the Book-of-the-Month Club in 1957. Hamilton's other notable works include The Roman Way (1932), The Prophets of Israel (1936), Mythology (1942), and The Echo of Greece (1957). Critics have acclaimed Hamilton's books for their lively interpretations of ancient cultures, and she is described as the classical scholar who "brought into clear and brilliant focus the Golden Age of Greek life and thought ... with Homeric power and simplicity in her style of writing". Her works are said to influence modern lives through a "realization of the refuge and strength the past" to those "in the troubled present." Hamilton's younger sister was Alice Hamilton, an expert in industrial toxicology and the first woman appointed to the faculty of Harvard University. -- Elinor Wylie From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Elinor Morton Wylie (September 7, 1885 – December 16, 1928) was an American poet and novelist popular in the 1920s and 1930s. "She was famous during her life almost as much for her ethereal beauty and personality as for her melodious, sensuous poetry." -- Willem De Looper From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Willem Johan de Looper (October 30, 1932 – January 30, 2009) was an American abstract artist, and chief curator at The Phillips Collection. -- Frederick Hart (sculptor) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frederick Elliott Hart (June 7, 1943 in Atlanta, Georgia – August 13, 1999 in Baltimore, Maryland) was an American sculptor whose work recalls the figurative tradition of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Hart studied at the University of South Carolina, the Corcoran School of Art, and American University without receiving a degree. A convert to Catholicism, Hart's work often conveys sensuousness joined with religiosity. In his later career, he created female nudes from cast acrylic resin in a process that he patented.
9. CALLBX_170414_30.JPG: Sheridan Kalorama Call Box Restoration Project History of Sheridan-Kalorama The area known as Sheridan-Kalorama was patented to John Langsworth by King Charles II in 1668. It was later sold to Anthony Holmead who in turn willed it to his nephew. in 1791, as L'Enfant laid out his plans for the boundaries of the new federal city, this area was not included. It would remain rural and isolated for nearly a century. In 1807 Joel Barlow, a Connecticut native and friend of President Thomas Jefferson, bought the property (essentially all of present-day Sheridan-Kalorama) for $14,000 Barlow remodeled and expanded an existing house and named it Kalorama, from the Greek for "beautiful view." Development north along Connecticut Avenue did not begin until after 1890. Then a new American elite -- tycoons of mining, banking, shipping and railroads - triggered a building boom in Kalorama. Soon bridges were built across Rock Creek Valley on Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues. New Beaux-arts style apartments began to line Connecticut Avenue and California Street, lending a distinctive architectural cachet to this area. By the 1920s, elites built elegant row houses and enormous mansions along Massachusetts Avenue and interior streets. During the 1920s and 1930s many of these mansions became embassies, making Sheridan-Kalorama the most international section of the capital city. The neighborhood was also home to five presidents (before and after their presidencies), three chief justices of the Supreme Court, and numerous other influential persons. History, power and prestige converge here. We invite you to enjoy and learn more about Sheridan-Kalorama by using this call box locator map as your guide. Art on Call Art on Call uses the remaining antique fire and police call boxes to create public art across the city. A committee of residents began working together in 2003 to implement the project here in Sheridan-Kalorama, focusing on three themes: history, architecture and personalities. In the effort to transform these relics of another day into permanent sentinels of beauty and historical significance, the committee benefited immensely from the talents and creativity of several Washington artists and historians and the financial support of many friends of the project. Art on Call, a program of Cultural Tourism DC is funded in part by the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities, the Department of Transportation, and the Office of Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. Fire Call Box In early times leather buckets filled with water or sand were the first defense against a dreaded fire. By the early 1900s fire alarm boxes such as this one alerted the fire department to the need for immediate assistance. When the lever on the box was pulled, a signal was transmitted to central headquarters. There a paper tape was punched with the box number's location. Units such as the horse-drawn fire wagon shown here then raced to the fire. Three fire companies served Sheridan-Kalorama: Engine Co. 9. 1624 U Street NW (from 1693); Ladder Truck F, 1338 Park Road NW (from 1901): and Engine Co. 21, 1763 Lanier Place NW (from 1908). Police Call Box By 1885 Kalorama had been surveyed and platted. As the city expanded into this neighborhood -- slowly due to isolation from street car lines and high land values -- the need for police services followed. This original police call box depicts a footman on patrol calling the precinct house. Each call box connected directly to the precinct switch board. A light above that board showed the location of the call. The patrol officer reported hourly from one of the seven neighborhood boxes. A rule of the job was never to call twice from the same box, for that the told the sergeant that the beat was not being walked. These call boxes remained in use into the 1960s. About the Artist: Michael K. Ross, artist is a sculptor and painter in the realist style. www.sheridankaloramacallbox.org
10. CALLBX_170414_37.JPG: Fire Call Box In early times, leather buckets filled with water or sand were the first defense against a dreaded fire. By the early 1900s fire alarm boxes such as this one alerted the fire department to the need for immediate assistance. When the lever on the box was pulled, a signal was transmitted to central headquarters. There a paper tape was punched with the box number's location. Units such as the horse-drawn fire wagon shown here then raced to the fire. Three fire companies served Sheridan-Kalorama: Engine Co. 9. 1624 U Street NW (from 1693); Ladder Truck F, 1338 Park Road NW (from 1901): and Engine Co. 21, 1763 Lanier Place NW (from 1908).
11. CALLBX_170414_39.JPG: Police Call Box By 1885 Kalorama had been surveyed and platted. As the city expanded into this neighborhood -- slowly due to isolation from street car lines and high land values -- the need for police services followed. This original police call box depicts a footman on patrol calling the precinct house. Each call box connected directly to the precinct switch board. A light above that board showed the location of the call. The patrol officer reported hourly from one of the seven neighborhood boxes. A rule of the job was never to call twice from the same box, for that the told the sergeant that the beat was not being walked. These call boxes remained in use into the 1960s.
12. CALLBX_170414_41.JPG: History of Sheridan-Kalorama The area known as Sheridan-Kalorama was patented to John Langsworth by King Charles II in 1668. It was later sold to Anthony Holmead who in turn willed it to his nephew. in 1791, as L'Enfant laid out his plans for the boundaries of the new federal city, this area was not included. It would remain rural and isolated for nearly a century. In 1807 Joel Barlow, a Connecticut native and friend of President Thomas Jefferson, bought the property (essentially all of present-day Sheridan-Kalorama) for $14,000 Barlow remodeled and expanded an existing house and named it Kalorama, from the Greek for "beautiful view." Development north along Connecticut Avenue did not begin until after 1890. Then a new American elite -- tycoons of mining, banking, shipping and railroads - triggered a building boom in Kalorama. Soon bridges were built across Rock Creek Valley on Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues. New Beaux-arts style apartments began to line Connecticut Avenue and California Street, lending a distinctive architectural cachet to this area. By the 1920s, elites built elegant row houses and enormous mansions along Massachusetts Avenue and interior streets. During the 1920s and 1930s many of these mansions became embassies, making Sheridan-Kalorama the most international section of the capital city. The neighborhood was also home to five presidents (before and after their presidencies), three chief justices of the Supreme Court, and numerous other influential persons. History, power and prestige converge here. We invite you to enjoy and learn more about Sheridan-Kalorama by using this call box locator map as your guide.
13. CALLBX_170414_42.JPG: Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District
14. CALLBX_170414_59.JPG: Dupont Circle Diverse Visions | One Neighborhood Fire Fact | July 2, 1919 Truck Company 2 responded to 2132 R St. NW, residence of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, to remove portions of an anarchist's body from treetops and roofs after an apparent bomb prematurely exploded. Fire Alarm Boxes such as this one (originally painted red) were installed in the District after the Civil War. Telegraphs transmitted the box number (top) to a fire alarm center. This system was used until the 1970s when the boxes were converted to a telephone system. By the 1990s, the callbox system had been replaced by the 911 system and was abandoned. From 1890 to 1910, some of the nation's finest architects built mansions at or near Dupont Circle in Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque, Italian Renaissance or Colonial Revival style. Wealthy couples living elsewhere built most of the early mansions. They sought a home in DC for the social season - January to April – because of a desire to socialize with the presidents, members of Congress, and foreign diplomats (especially if there was a daughter to marry off), and a realization that social status lacking at home could be attained here through lavish entertainment. The Phillips Collection (1600 21st St.), a partial exception, was built by a young family from Pittsburgh who felt the air was better here. During the years 1916-1920, Lucy Mercer visited her divorced mother at the Decatur Apartments (2131 Florida Ave.), while Lucy's "good friend," Franklin D. Roosevelt, lived around the corner (2131 R St., left). At 2122 Florida Ave., the "horse door" on the right once led to a stables where in the 1850s African Americans fleeing the South -– travelers on the Underground Railroad –- could hide while awaiting passage further north. Artist | Arlette Jassel Arlette Jassel has lived, worked and exhibited in Washington, DC for years. Washington is the muse and inspiration for her painting and sculpture, which include bronze, steel and wood sculpture as well as document illustrations.
15. CALLBX_170414_65.JPG: [tRump is an ASS Impeach The Putin Puppet] Dupont Circle Art on Call The Dupont Circle Art on Call project explores neighborhood history and local fire and police events. It also celebrates our diverse political, artistic and intellectual community by presenting original artwork by 22 local artists featuring the hub of our neighborhood. Dupont Circle and the beautiful fountains designed by Daniel Chester French. Art on Call is a program of Cultural Tourism DC with support from DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development District Department of Transportation
16. CALLBX_170418_05.JPG: Artwork featured on this callbox was created by Sarah Roulston for the 2003 National Cherry Blossom Festival. The original was digitally created using Adobe Illustrator software.
17. CALLBX_170428_78.JPG: Dupont Circle Diverse Visions | One Neighborhood Police Call Boxes such as this one (originally painted blue) were installed in the District after the Civil War. Officers on foot patrol used this secure telegraph system to contact the station, accessing the box with a now highly collectible "gold key." This system was used until the late 1970s when it was abandoned in favor of more modern communication methods. The first houses south and west of Dupont Circle were built mostly of brick or brick and sandstone using Queen Anne, Chateauesqe, Richardsonian Romanesque or Georgian Revival styles. The Queen Anne style building at 1400 21st St. has a splendid and unique keystone arch. On both sides of O St., as well as on the 1400 block of less-known Hopkins Place (1400 block), are turn-of-the-century houses that have been restored to their original condition. Don't miss 2020 O St. (left), where James Beauchamp "Champ" Clark lived while serving as Democratic floor leader and sometimes speaker of the House. Clark ran against Woodrow Wilson for the Democratic nomination for President in 1912. Leading figures of both parties, including President Wilson, visited Clark here. The home is now part of a three-house inn. Artist | Deena Gorland DC native and Dupont Circle resident Deena Gorland has been a photographer since 1983. She holds a B.F.A. from San Francisco Art Institute. She feels that "photography is a magical medium that allows me to express myself and my world around me."
18. CALLBX_170709_04.JPG: Tenleytown, DC Country Village to City Neighborhood Reservoir/Reno City Fort Reno is located at the highest elevation in D.C. A city water reservoir was constructed in the 1890s to serve the city's growing population. The red brick water tower (pictured here) was built in 1903 to provide water pressure to the immediate Tenleytown area. A stone water tower was constructed in 1929. Reno City was a mostly African-American community, home to emancipated slaves, which was built on the grounds of Fort Reno after the Civil War. By the 1960s, the last remaining homes had been demolished. Call box drawings by Lena Frumin This call box is part of Art on Call, a program of Cultural Tourism DC, funded in part by the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities, the District Department of Transportation, and Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. Neighborhood Sponsors are the Tenleytown Neighbors Association and Tenleytown Historical Society. A list of call box locations can be found at- www.tenleytownhistoricalsociety.org www.tenleytowndc.org
19. CALLBX_170709_20.JPG: Tenleytown, DC Country Village to City Neighborhood Modern Commerce A Sears Roebuck department store was built in the 4500 block of Wisconsin Avenue in 1941. The Sears building marked the arrival of modem [sic] day commerce in Tenleytown. The art deco style and the building's signature rooftop parking reflected urban design concepts of that time. The Giant Food Store (pictured here) originally occupied the building at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Brandywine Street and also featured rooftop parking. Other commercial activities, such as television broadcasting, came to Tenleytown in the 1950s.
20. CALLBX_170709_27.JPG: Tenleytown, D.C. Country Village to City Neighborhood Fort Reno At an elevation of 410 feet, Fort Reno is located at the highest point in DC. The fort, originally named Fort Pennsylvania, was well situated to provide defense of the Nation's Capital during the Civil War as one of the Circle of Forts (pictured here) around DC. The commanding view is recognized as a historic element of the fort. Fort Reno was renamed in honor of Union Major General Jesse Lee Reno in 1865. A street leading to Fort Reno from the south is called Fort Drive and was originally envisioned as part of a ring road to connect all of the Circle of Forts locations around DC. Call box drawing by Lena Frumin. This call box is part of Art on Call, a program of Cultural Tourism DC, funded in part by the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities, the District Department of Transportation, and Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. Neighborhood sponsors are the Tenleytown Neighbors Association and Tenleytown Historical Society. A list of call box locations can be found at- www.tenleytownhistoricalsociety.org www.tenleytowndc.org
21. CALLBX_170911_14.JPG: Golden Triangle Art on Call This historic call box has been transformed into a work of art as part of the Golden Triangle Art on Call program to celebrate the vitality of the central business district. The map below details the location of nine call boxes in the the neighborhood. Artists include: (location) Cindy Berry: 8, 9 Leonor Brazao: 2, 4 Mary Grigonis: 1, 3, 5, 6 Jessica van Brackle: 7 Art on Call is a program of Cultural Tourism DC with support from DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, DC Created Public Art Program, District Department of Transportation, and Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. Local sponsorship of this call box is provided by the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District. For more information about this program and other activities in the neighborhood, please visit goldentriangledc.com
22. CALLBX_170920_07.JPG: A photo-collage celebrating The George Washington Universityu's Permanent Collection incorporates a selection of outdoor sculpture and paintings. GW has enhanced the pedestrian environment for all who study, live, and work in and around the Foggy Bottom campus. Artists: Lenore Miller, CCAS MFA '72 Ryder Haske, CCAS BA '10
23. CALLBX_170929_29.JPG: Artwork featured on this callbox was created by Phyllis Saroff for the 2007 National Cherry Blossom Festival
24. CALLBX_171025_14.JPG: The Inaugural Parade Tradition This montage showing four presidential inaugural parades along 15th St., NW is based on artist Earl Minderman's 1980 visioning of President Thomas Jefferson's inaugural parade as well as historic photos of the inauguration of Presidents Garfield, Wilson, and Reagan. At top left Jefferson, who started the inaugural parade tradition in 1805, is shown on horseback, wearing a red coat. James Garfield's 1881 parade (bottom left), the most elaborate to that time, featured 39 temporary ceremonial arches along the parade route. Woodrow Wilson's second inaugural (top right) took place in 1917. At bottom right are Nancy and Ronald Reagan in their limousine during their first inauguration, 1981. The building most prominent in each picture is the Rhodes Tavern, which witnessed every inaugural parade from Jefferson to Reagan. Rhodes Tavern, a designated landmark, was torn down in 1984. Montage Designer: Anne Martinez The repairs and restoration of this call box and three others were made possible in 2009 by the Rhodes Tavern - DC Heritage Society, Joseph N. Grano, project manager, with generous contributions from local organizations and businesses, as well as individuals from around the region. Art consultant: Anne Martinez, fabrication and installation: Gelberg Signs, painting and gold leaf design: Frank Arkwright. Art on Call is sponsored by Cultural Tourism DC, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the District Department of Transportation, and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. Funding was provided by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, DC Creates Public Art Program. The 22-carat gilding of this box was made possible by a special contribution from the Old Ebbitt Grill.
25. CALLBX_171106_21.JPG: A photo-collage celebrating The George Washington Universityu's Permanent Collection incorporates a selection of outdoor sculpture and paintings. GW has enhanced the pedestrian environment for all who study, live, and work in and around the Foggy Bottom campus. Artists: Lenore Miller, CCAS MFA '72 Ryder Haske, CCAS BA '10
26. CALLBX_171116_016.JPG: Sheridan Kalorama Call Box Restoration Project The Arts in Sheridan-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. About the Artist: Peter Waddell, artist, specializes in images of 18th and 19th century Washington. -- Mary Roberts Rinehart From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876 – September 22, 1958) was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie, although her first mystery novel was published 14 years before Christie's first novel in 1920. Rinehart is considered the source of the phrase "The butler did it" from her novel The Door (1930), although the novel does not use the exact phrase. Rinehart is also considered to have invented the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing, with the publication of The Circular Staircase (1908). -- Edith Hamilton From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edith Hamilton (August 12, 1867 – May 31, 1963) was an American educator and internationally-known author who was one of the most renowned classicist of her era. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, she also studied in Germany at the University of Leipzig and the University of Munich. Hamilton began her career as an educator and head of the Bryn Mawr School, a private college preparatory school for girls in Baltimore, Maryland; however, Hamilton is best known for her essays and best-selling books on ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. Hamilton's second career as an author began after her retirement from Bryn Mawr School in 1922. She was sixty-two years old when her first book, The Greek Way, was published in 1930. It was an immediate success and a featured selection by the Book-of-the-Month Club in 1957. Hamilton's other notable works include The Roman Way (1932), The Prophets of Israel (1936), Mythology (1942), and The Echo of Greece (1957). Critics have acclaimed Hamilton's books for their lively interpretations of ancient cultures, and she is described as the classical scholar who "brought into clear and brilliant focus the Golden Age of Greek life and thought ... with Homeric power and simplicity in her style of writing". Her works are said to influence modern lives through a "realization of the refuge and strength the past" to those "in the troubled present." Hamilton's younger sister was Alice Hamilton, an expert in industrial toxicology and the first woman appointed to the faculty of Harvard University. -- Elinor Wylie From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Elinor Morton Wylie (September 7, 1885 – December 16, 1928) was an American poet and novelist popular in the 1920s and 1930s. "She was famous during her life almost as much for her ethereal beauty and personality as for her melodious, sensuous poetry." -- Willem De Looper From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Willem Johan de Looper (October 30, 1932 – January 30, 2009) was an American abstract artist, and chief curator at The Phillips Collection. -- Frederick Hart (sculptor) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frederick Elliott Hart (June 7, 1943 in Atlanta, Georgia – August 13, 1999 in Baltimore, Maryland) was an American sculptor whose work recalls the figurative tradition of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Hart studied at the University of South Carolina, the Corcoran School of Art, and American University without receiving a degree. A convert to Catholicism, Hart's work often conveys sensuousness joined with religiosity. In his later career, he created female nudes from cast acrylic resin in a process that he patented.
27. CALLBX_171116_036.JPG: Sheridan Kalorama Call Box Restoration Project History of Sheridan-Kalorama The area known as Sheridan-Kalorama was patented to John Langsworth by King Charles II in 1668. It was later sold to Anthony Holmead who in turn willed it to his nephew. in 1791, as L'Enfant laid out his plans for the boundaries of the new federal city, this area was not included. It would remain rural and isolated for nearly a century. In 1807 Joel Barlow, a Connecticut native and friend of President Thomas Jefferson, bought the property (essentially all of present-day Sheridan-Kalorama) for $14,000 Barlow remodeled and expanded an existing house and named it Kalorama, from the Greek for "beautiful view." Development north along Connecticut Avenue did not begin until after 1890. Then a new American elite -- tycoons of mining, banking, shipping and railroads - triggered a building boom in Kalorama. Soon bridges were built across Rock Creek Valley on Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues. New Beaux-arts style apartments began to line Connecticut Avenue and California Street, lending a distinctive architectural cachet to this area. By the 1920s, elites built elegant row houses and enormous mansions along Massachusetts Avenue and interior streets. During the 1920s and 1930s many of these mansions became embassies, making Sheridan-Kalorama the most international section of the capital city. The neighborhood was also home to five presidents (before and after their presidencies), three chief justices of the Supreme Court, and numerous other influential persons. History, power and prestige converge here. We invite you to enjoy and learn more about Sheridan-Kalorama by using this call box locator map as your guide. Art on Call Art on Call uses the remaining antique fire and police call boxes to create public art across the city. A committee of residents began working together in 2003 to implement the project here in Sheridan-Kalorama, focusing on three themes: history, architecture and personalities. In the effort to transform these relics of another day into permanent sentinels of beauty and historical significance, the committee benefited immensely from the talents and creativity of several Washington artists and historians and the financial support of many friends of the project. Art on Call, a program of Cultural Tourism DC is funded in part by the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities, the Department of Transportation, and the Office of Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. Fire Call Box In early times leather buckets filled with water or sand were the first defense against a dreaded fire. By the early 1900s fire alarm boxes such as this one alerted the fire department to the need for immediate assistance. When the lever on the box was pulled, a signal was transmitted to central headquarters. There a paper tape was punched with the box number's location. Units such as the horse-drawn fire wagon shown here then raced to the fire. Three fire companies served Sheridan-Kalorama: Engine Co. 9. 1624 U Street NW (from 1693); Ladder Truck F, 1338 Park Road NW (from 1901): and Engine Co. 21, 1763 Lanier Place NW (from 1908). Police Call Box By 1885 Kalorama had been surveyed and platted. As the city expanded into this neighborhood -- slowly due to isolation from street car lines and high land values -- the need for police services followed. This original police call box depicts a footman on patrol calling the precinct house. Each call box connected directly to the precinct switch board. A light above that board showed the location of the call. The patrol officer reported hourly from one of the seven neighborhood boxes. A rule of the job was never to call twice from the same box, for that the told the sergeant that the beat was not being walked. These call boxes remained in use into the 1960s. About the Artist: Michael K. Ross, artist is a sculptor and painter in the realist style. www.sheridankaloramacallbox.org
28. CALLBX_171116_039.JPG: Fire Call Box In early times, leather buckets filled with water or sand were the first defense against a dreaded fire. By the early 1900s fire alarm boxes such as this one alerted the fire department to the need for immediate assistance. When the lever on the box was pulled, a signal was transmitted to central headquarters. There a paper tape was punched with the box number's location. Units such as the horse-drawn fire wagon shown here then raced to the fire. Three fire companies served Sheridan-Kalorama: Engine Co. 9. 1624 U Street NW (from 1693); Ladder Truck F, 1338 Park Road NW (from 1901): and Engine Co. 21, 1763 Lanier Place NW (from 1908).
29. CALLBX_171116_044.JPG: Police Call Box By 1885 Kalorama had been surveyed and platted. As the city expanded into this neighborhood -- slowly due to isolation from street car lines and high land values -- the need for police services followed. This original police call box depicts a footman on patrol calling the precinct house. Each call box connected directly to the precinct switch board. A light above that board showed the location of the call. The patrol officer reported hourly from one of the seven neighborhood boxes. A rule of the job was never to call twice from the same box, for that the told the sergeant that the beat was not being walked. These call boxes remained in use into the 1960s. About the Artist: Michael K. Ross, artist is a sculptor and painter in the realist style.
30. CALLBX_171116_078.JPG: Joel Barlow Joel Barlow (1754-1812) served in the American Revolution and was a businessman, diplomat and published poet. In 1796-97 he negotiated the release of Americans held for years by the Turkish regent of Algiers. Thomas Jefferson urged Barlow to settle in Washington, and in 1807 he bough a house located at what is now 23rd and S Streets, naming it Kalorama. In 1812 Barlow went to meet Napoleon at the emperor's headquarters in Lithuania to complete a treaty of commerce. Finding the French in retreat, he followed them to a village near Krakow where he died of pneumonia on Christmas and was buried in an unmarked churchyard grave. About the artist: Charles Wilson Peale (1741-1827) artist. By permission, US Department of State.
31. CALLBX_171116_086.JPG: Sheridan Kalorama Call Box Restoration Project The Presidents Five presidents lived in Sheridan-Kalorama between 1916 and 1930. Warren G. Harding lived at 2314 Wyoming Avenue while a senator from Ohio. William Howard Taft lived across the street at 2215 Wyoming Avenue while Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after leaving the presidency. Herbert Hoover occupied the house at 2300 S Street while Secretary of Commerce and until his inauguration as President. Woodrow Wilson lived at 2340 S Street after his presidency. And Franklin D. Roosevelt resided at 2131 R Street while Assistant Secretary of the Navy. About the Artist: Peter Waddell, artist, specializes in images of 18th and 19th century Washington.
32. CALLBX_171116_098.JPG: Sheridan Kalorama Call Box Restoration Project Little Friar Paz, paix, shalom, esaalam, are words from several foreign languages spoken in Sheridan-Kalorama, each meaning peace. This representation of a benevolent friar welcomes you in peace. We share, too, works of "America's poet" Walt Whitman, who spent the tumultuous years of the Civil War in Washington, yet expressed an inner serenity in his poem, "Miracles." "As to me I know of nothing else but miracles...the wonderfulness of the sundown, or stars shining so quiet and bright...to me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle, every cubic inch of space a miracle..."
33. CALLBX_171116_119.JPG: Sheridan Kalorama Call Box Restoration Project The Lindens At 2401 Kalorama Road stands an elegant Georgian frame house, The Lindens. This is Washington's oldest house, yet it is not "of" the District. Built in 1754, in Danvers, Massachusetts, by Robert "King" Hooper a wealthy merchant, The Lindens once sheltered General Thomas Gage, that colony's last British governor. As the American Revolution drew near in 1774, the beleaguered Gage took shelter there. George and Miriam Morris purchased the house in 1934. It was moved here in six railroad cars, and reassembled under the supervision of architect Walter Macomber in 1935. About the artist: Peter Waddell, artist specializes in images of 18th and 19th century Washington.
34. CALLBX_171116_134.JPG: Sheridan Kalorama Call Box Restoration Project Chief Justices Three chief justices of the Supreme Court lived in Sheridan-Kalorama. William Howard Taft, appointed Chief Justice after his presidency, lived at 2215 Wyoming Ave. Charles Evans Hughes, a U.S. Secretary of State and an unsuccessful candidate for President in 1916, became Chief Justice in 1930 and resided at 2223 R St. Harlan Fiske Stone, a U.S. Attorney General, occupied 1919 24th St. during his tenure. Other prominent Supreme Court justices have lived in Sheridan-Kalorama including Louis Brandeis, Joseph McKenna and Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female justice of the Supreme Court. About the artist: Peter Waddell, artist, specializes in images of the 18th and 19th century Washington.
35. CALLBX_171116_152.JPG: Sheridan Kalorama Call Box Restoration Project Women of Influence Sheridan-Kalorama has been home to many influential women. While she lobbied our political leaders to support Nationalist China, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek lived nearby at 2443 Kalorama Rd. Others include presidential wives Eleanor Roosevelt, a wise political partner, civil rights leader and United Nations delegate Lou Henry Hoover, president of the Red Cross; and Edith Galt Wilson, who after her husband's stroke controlled the White House. Shirley Temple Black, a child movie star who became ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia, and Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor also lived here. About the Artist: Peter Waddell, artist, specializes in images of 18th and 19th century Washington.
36. CALLBX_171116_170.JPG: Sheridan Kalorama Call Box Restoration Project Diplomacy Surrounding you are some of the 75 embassies, chanceries and diplomatic residences that lend a vibrant international presence to Sheridan-Kalorama. The practice of diplomacy -- the conduct of relations among nations that involves negotiating treaties, forging trade relationships, protecting national interests and working for peace -- is part of the every day life that characterizes this most international section of Washington. As welcome neighbors, diplomats and embassy staff can be seen enjoying the neighborhood parks, sharing in local events and strolling on the sidewalks of this elegant neighborhood. About the artist: Art and Design by Supon Creative Enterprises.
37. CALLBX_171116_200.JPG: Sheridan Kalorama Call Box Restoration Project Educational Institutions Educational institutions are part of Sheridan-Kalorama's history. Across the street is Our Lady Queen of the Americas Catholic Church. Built in 1904, it housed St. Rose's Industrial School, where orphaned girls were taught home economics. Later St. Ann's Infant Asylum, the Cathedral Latin School and Mackin Catholic High School occupied the site. The church is a cultural center for Washington's Latino population offering educational programs for many immigrants. Independent schools once located in the neighborhood include: Field, Holton-Arms, Maret, Potomac and Sheridan. About the artist: Michael K. Ross, artist, is a sculptor and painter in the realist style.
38. CALLBX_171116_213.JPG: Sheridan Kalorama Call Box Restoration Project Architects and Architecture Sheridan-Kalorama's grand mansions, in a variety of architectural styles, are the work of many prominent architects. In 1910 Jules Henri de Sibour designed the stately mansion at 2221 Kalorama Rd. for a mining magnate. It is now the home of the French ambassador. John Russell Pope designed a Georgian home on S St., later donated by its owner to establish the Textile Museum. Also on S St. is the Wilson House, one of many designed by Waddy Wood. Ogden Codman designed the home at 2145 Decatur Pl. that is now the Thai ambassador's residence. Elegant residences on Massachusetts Ave., now the property of Turkey, Greece and Pakistan, were designed by George Oakley Totten, Jr. About the artist: Art and Design by Supon Creative Enterprises
39. CALLBX_171116_222.JPG: Dupont Circle Diverse Visions | One Neighborhood Fire Fact | July 2, 1919 Truck Company 2 responded to 2132 R St. NW, residence of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, to remove portions of an anarchist's body from treetops and roofs after an apparent bomb prematurely exploded. Fire Alarm Boxes such as this one (originally painted red) were installed in the District after the Civil War. Telegraphs transmitted the box number (top) to a fire alarm center. This system was used until the 1970s when the boxes were converted to a telephone system. By the 1990s, the callbox system had been replaced by the 911 system and was abandoned. From 1890 to 1910, some of the nation's finest architects built mansions at or near Dupont Circle in Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque, Italian Renaissance or Colonial Revival style. Wealthy couples living elsewhere built most of the early mansions. They sought a home in DC for the social season - January to April – because of a desire to socialize with the presidents, members of Congress, and foreign diplomats (especially if there was a daughter to marry off), and a realization that social status lacking at home could be attained here through lavish entertainment. The Phillips Collection (1600 21st St.), a partial exception, was built by a young family from Pittsburgh who felt the air was better here. During the years 1916-1920, Lucy Mercer visited her divorced mother at the Decatur Apartments (2131 Florida Ave.), while Lucy's "good friend," Franklin D. Roosevelt, lived around the corner (2131 R St., left). At 2122 Florida Ave., the "horse door" on the right once led to a stables where in the 1850s African Americans fleeing the South -– travelers on the Underground Railroad –- could hide while awaiting passage further north. Artist | Arlette Jassel Arlette Jassel has lived, worked and exhibited in Washington, DC for years. Washington is the muse and inspiration for her painting and sculpture, which include bronze, steel and wood sculpture as well as document illustrations.
40. CALLBX_171116_237.JPG: Dupont Circle Art on Call The Dupont Circle Art on Call project explores neighborhood history and local fire and police events, It also celebrates our diverse political, artistic, and intellectual community by presenting original artwork by 22 local artists featuring the hub of our neighborhood, Dupont Circle and the beautiful fountain designed by Daniel Chester French.
41. CALLBX_171217_08.JPG: 5. Site of Red Top President Cleveland's Cottage Cleveland Park derives it's name from it's most illustrious resident, President Grover Cleveland. In 1886, Cleveland purchased a stone farmhouse on the South side of now Newark Street, directly opposite Rosedale, which served as the Cleveland's country home during his first term as President. The family "Victorianized" the house adding a red roof, extensive porches, towers, balconies, and a turret. The house was called, "Red Top," after its distinctive roof color. Red Top was razed in 1927. Photo Montage by John Woo based on an early advertisement, collection of Stephen J. Ackerman.
42. CALLBX_171217_16.JPG: Cleveland Park Historic District Art on Call is a program of Cultural Tourism DC, with support from: DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, DC Creates Public Art Program District Department of Transportation, and Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. The organizational sponsor for the Cleveland Park Call Box Restoration Project is: Cleveland Park Historical Society. Call box locator map: Porter Street and 35th Street intersection. This call box is supported by: Lois Orr
43. CALLBX_171217_20.JPG: Washington National Cathedral Pierre L'Enfant's plan for the Federal City in 1791 included a church, "for national purposes," but it was not until 1893 that the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation was given a charter to establish a cathedral. Located on Mount Saint Alban and modeled after 14th century English Gothic, the cathedral was designed by British church architect George Frederick Bodley with American architect Henry Vaughn and completed by American architect Philip Hubert Frohman. President Theodore Roosevelt participated in laying the foundation stone in 1907, and President George H. W. Bush presided at the cathedral's completion in 1990. Artist: Diana Cook
44. CALLBX_171217_24.JPG: Art on Call is program of Cultural Tourism DC, with support from: DC Creates Public Art Program, District Department of Transportation and Office of the Deputy Mayor For Planning and Economic Development. The organization sponsor of the Cleveland Park Call Box Restoration Project is: Cleveland Park Historical Society. Call Box Locator Map: Porter Street And 35th Street Intersection.
45. CALLBX_171217_43.JPG: 9. Rosedale The grand, 1,000 acre Rosedale Estate which was later subdivided to form Cleveland Park, was purchased by General Uriah Forrest, an aid-de-camp of General George Washington, who built a farmhouse in 1793. Between 1920-1959, the estate was owned by the Coonley/Faulkner families. The property then became a dormitory for a private school and offices for an international exchange organization. To prevent further development, a group of Cleveland Park residents purchased the estate in 2002; sold lots on the north side; renovated the farmhouse as a private home; and established the Rosedale Conservancy to preserve the southern portion as a green space for the Cleveland Park Community. Artist: John Woo
46. CALLBX_171217_44.JPG: Cleveland Park Historic District Art on Call is a program of Cultural Tourism DC, with support from: DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, DC Creates Public Art Program District Department of Transportation, and Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. The organizational sponsor for the Cleveland Park Call Box Restoration Project is: Cleveland Park Historical Society. Call box locator map: Porter Street and 35th Street intersection. Rosedale is on the list of National Register of Historic Places.
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2017 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Trips this year: Civil War Trust conferences in Pensacola, FL, Chattanooga, TN (via sites in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee) and Fredericksburg, VA, a family reunion in The Dells, Wisconsin (via sites in Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin), New York City, and my 12th consecutive San Diego Comic Con trip (including sites in Arizona). For some reason, several of my photos have been published in physical books this year which is pretty cool. Ones that I know about: "Tarzan, Jungle King of Popular Culture" (David Lemmo), "The Great Crusade: A Guide to World War I American Expeditionary Forces Battlefields and Sites" (Stephen T. Powers and Kevin Dennehy), "The American Spirit" (David McCullough), "Civil War Battlefields: Walking the Trails of History" (David T. Gilbert), "The Year I Was Peter the Great: 1956 — Khrushchev, Stalin's Ghost, and a Young American in Russia" (Marvin Kalb), and "The Judge: 26 Machiavellian Lessons" (Ron Collins and David Skover). Number of photos taken this year: just below 560,000.
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