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Things of note:

Columbia Heights was developed as a suburb of Washington soon after the Civil War when horse-drawn trolleys delivered residents of the neighborhood to downtown. The southern edge of Columbia Heights is Florida Avenue which was originally called "Boundary Street" because it formed the northern boundary of the Federal City. The area's population grew quickly with the arrival of the electric street car.

The neighborhood was the first home of George Washington University, then known as Columbian College. The school moved to the Foggy Bottom neighborhood in 1884.

The federal government purchased some of the land vacated by Columbian College and built Meridian Hill Park, sometimes called "Malcolm X Park" in honor of a speech he once gave there. It contains many statues including those of Joan of Arc and Dante.

Columbia Heights was severely impacted by the devastation of the 1968 riots following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The civic disorders ended with 60 percent of Columbia Heights' businesses burned or looted and 20 percent of the neighborhood's housing units badly damaged.