Sheridan Circle is a traffic circle and park in the Sheridan-Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The traffic circle, one of two in the neighborhood, is the intersection of 23rd Street NW, Massachusetts Avenue NW, and R Street NW. The buildings along this stretch of Massachusetts Avenue NW are part of Embassy Row, which runs from Scott Circle to Observatory Circle. Sheridan Circle is a contributing property to the Massachusetts Avenue Historic District and the Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District, both listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). In addition, the equestrian statue of General Philip Sheridan is 1 of 18 Civil War Monuments in Washington, D.C., that were collectively listed on the NRHP.
Sheridan Circle including the statue of Philip Sheridan
The circle was originally named Decatur Circle in honor of Commodore Stephen Decatur.
The statue of Philip Sheridan stands in the middle of the traffic circle.
Orlando Letelier in 1976, the year he was assassinated at Sheridan Circle
Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District
The Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District is a neighborhood and historic district located in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. The boundaries of the historic district include Rock Creek Park to the north and west, P Street to the south, and 22nd Street and Florida Avenue to the east. On the southwestern edge of the neighborhood is a stretch of Embassy Row on Massachusetts Avenue. The other neighborhood and historic district that lies to the east of Sheridan-Kalorama is Kalorama Triangle Historic District. The two neighborhoods are divided by Connecticut Avenue. For many years both neighborhoods were geographically connected before the stretch of Connecticut Avenue was installed toward the Taft Bridge. Oftentimes, both neighborhoods are simply called "Kalorama" or "Kalorama Heights".
(left to right) Equestrian statue of Philip Sheridan, Dutch ambassadorial residence, Embassy of China's staff residence, Austrian ambassadorial residence, Mitchell Park, The Dresden, Miller House, Embassy of Luxembourg
The Taras Shevchenko Memorial in Ukrainian Independence Park
The Kalorama house after a fire gutted it in 1865. The house had been used as a smallpox hospital during the Civil War.
Houses on the corner of Connecticut and Florida Avenues NW built in 1896