Kalorama: From Joel Barlow's Country Seat to Suburban Subdivision
The Kalorama mansion in Washington, DC once stood on the south side of the 2300 block of S Street, NW on the site of Jeff Bezos's two houses. The original part of Kalorama dated from about 1750 and was built by Scottish immigrant and early Washington proprietor Anthony Holmead. It was a long, two-and-a-half story house made from brick imported from England.
In 1795, Holmead built a new house for himself that he named "Rock Hill" on top a craggy plateau just a stone's throw away from his first house that he sold to City Commissioner Gustavus Scott. Scott added gardens and landscaping to the Holmead house and named it "Belair."
