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Eras

Alexandria from the Northern Neck Proprietary to the present day, broken into eight periods of roughly comparable resolution.


  1. Colonial Era — period illustration
    1669–1775 12 places on file

    Colonial Era

    Northern Neck Proprietary through the eve of Revolution

  2. Early Republic — period illustration
    1775–1830 30 places on file

    Early Republic

    Revolutionary War through Jacksonian era

  3. Antebellum Era — period illustration
    1830–1861 34 places on file

    Antebellum Era

    Slavery, commerce, and the road to war

  4. Civil War and Occupation — period illustration
    1861–1865 18 places on file

    Civil War and Occupation

    Union occupation of Alexandria

  5. Reconstruction and Early Jim Crow — period illustration
    1865–1900 16 places on file

    Reconstruction and Early Jim Crow

    Freedmen's communities, legal segregation

  6. Jim Crow Era — period illustration
    1900–1960 27 places on file

    Jim Crow Era

    Segregation, WWI, WWII, early civil rights

  7. Mid-Century Transformation — period illustration
    1960–1990 29 places on file

    Mid-Century Transformation

    Civil rights, redevelopment, Cold War Alexandria

  8. Modern Alexandria — period illustration
    1990–present 35 places on file

    Modern Alexandria

    Waterfront redevelopment, Metro expansion, present day