1669–1775
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Colonial Era
Northern Neck Proprietary through the eve of Revolution
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Places featuring this era
AgnosticPreachersKid at en.wikipedia · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 Old and Historic Alexandria District, the colonial-through-antebellum core of the city, listed on the National Register in 1966.
Ser Amantio di Nicolao at en.wikipedia · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 207 Prince Street
Brick townhouse built ca. 1763 in the colonial heart of Alexandria. NRHP-listed 1991.
Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Five-farm plantation on the Potomac owned by George Washington from 1761 until his death in 1799; home to Washington, his family, and more …
Placeholder illustration of Ramsay House. Seed placeholder — KingSt.com, 2026. To be replaced with archival photograph. 221 King Street
Small frame house at King and Fairfax streets, traditionally held to be the oldest extant house in Alexandria; home of founding trustee …
Beyond My Ken · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 121 North Fairfax Street
Stone Georgian mansion built in 1753 by Scottish merchant John Carlyle; headquarters in April 1755 for General Edward Braddock's Congress of …
Beyond My Ken · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 118 North Washington Street
Alexandria's Georgian-style Episcopal parish church, consecrated in 1773; pew owners included George Washington and, decades later, the Lee …
Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 321 South Fairfax Street
Brick Presbyterian meeting house begun in 1775; site of the city's memorial services for George Washington on December 29, 1799, four days …
Beyond My Ken · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 134 North Royal Street
An 18th-century tavern complex at 134 North Royal Street that hosted George Washington's final Birthnight Ball in 1799 and served as a …
User:AlbertHerring · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 1500 Belle View Boulevard
Mid-century shopping center on the former River Farm tract, one of the five constituent farms of George Washington's Mount Vernon …
People of the era
Anne Carlyle
Daughter of and sister of and ; documented in the Carlyle House family records.
George Washington
b. 1732 · d. 1799
Planter, military commander, and first President of the United States. Master of Mount Vernon from 1761 until his death in 1799, and a regular presence in Alexandria, which he …
John Alexander
b. 1711 · d. 1764
Member of the Alexander family whose patent of 1669 granted the land on which Alexandria, Virginia was later laid out. The town was named for the family when the Virginia General …
John Carlyle
b. 1720 · d. 1780
Scottish-born merchant, one of the founding trustees of Alexandria in 1749, and builder of the stone Carlyle House at the head of what is now Fairfax Street. Carlyle was a …
William Ramsay
b. 1716 · d. 1785
Scottish-born merchant, one of the original trustees of Alexandria in 1749, and by local tradition the town's first postmaster and first lord mayor. His frame house on King Street …
