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Kalorama Hospital

Kalorama Hospital was among a cluster of military buildings on the 1400 block of Wilkes Street. The location is now a part of the Douglass Cemetery.
Page updated on January 10, 2022 at 11:42 AM

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History of Kalorama Hospital

1400 Block of Wilkes Street, north side (Douglass Memorial Cemetery)

Kalorama Hospital indicated on map with red rectangle
Kalorama Hospital marked on detail from Map of the U.S. Military Railroad Station at Alexandria, Va. Drawn at Office of Chief Engineer and Gen'l. Sup't., U.S. Military Railroads of Va., September 1865. From Actual Survey by Wm. M. Merrick. (NARA, National Archives and Records Administration) 

A building footprint was recorded September 1865 by William Merrick on his map of the U.S. Military Railroad Station, and described as a small hospital south of Hooff’s Run. This was possibly a wooden building to quarantine sick employees of the Quartermaster or Railroad.

The hospital was among a cluster of military buildings, and was located on the north side of the 1400 block of Wilkes Street, just west of the stockade. This location, across Wilkes Street from the current Hamilton Street, is now a part of the Douglass Memorial Cemetery. Another hospital also known as Kalorama Hospital operated in Washington, D.C., at 23rd and S Streets, NW.

Kalorama Hospital marked on Magnus' Birdseye View of Alexandria
Kalorama Hospital, located on a section of Magnus' Birdseye View of Alexandria, Va. (Library of Congress)

Historic Image

  • Title: Map of the U.S. Military Railroad Station at Alexandria, Va.   
  • Creator: Wm. M. Merrick
  • Image Source:  National Archives and Records Administration
  • Image Date: 1865
  • Medium: Colored Lithograph
  • Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication  

Quartermaster Map

No Quartermaster Map available.

Location and the Site Today

The hospital was located on the 1400 Block of Wilkes Street, north side. A section of the Douglass Memorial Cemetery now occupies this site, in the Wilkes Street Cemetery complex.

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  • Union Hospitals in Alexandria. Return to main page
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