The Lindens, Kalorama
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The Lindens, also known as the King Hooper House, located at 2401 Kalorama Road, N.W., in the Sheridan-Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Built in 1754 by Robert "King" Hooper, the Georgian-style home was originally located in Danvers, Massachusetts, and once housed colonial governor Thomas Gage. A wealthy couple purchased the building in 1934 and had it dismantled, shipped to the District in six railroad boxcars, and reassembled on Kalorama Road (1935–1937).
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The Lindens (King Hooper House)
The Lindens is a superb example of a luxurious mid-18th-century New England Georgian townhouse. It was originally built on Sylvan Street in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts in 1754 by Robert Hooper of Marblehead. Hooper was a successful…