Places on file
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Hero image · pending 1001 South Washington Street
Burial ground established in 1864 for African Americans who fled slavery to Union-occupied Alexandria; rediscovered in 1987. NRHP-listed 2012.
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Hero image · pending 1005 Mount Vernon Avenue
Colonial Revival 1934 high school in Del Ray, the first integrated high school in Alexandria after 1959; now George Washington Middle School. NRHP-listed 2021.
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Joe Ravi ( Shutterstock iStock Dreamstime ) · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 101 Callahan Drive
Neoclassical 333-foot tower completed 1932 by the Masonic fraternity to honor George Washington; one of the largest private memorials in the U.S. NRHP-listed …
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The original uploader was Ser Amantio di Nicolao at English Wikipedia . · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 105 South Fairfax Street
Apothecary operated 1792-1933 by the Stabler and Leadbeater families; designated a National Historic Landmark in 2021. NRHP-listed 1982.
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Beyond My Ken · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 110 Callahan Drive
1905 railway terminal at the foot of King Street, currently serving Amtrak, VRE, and Washington Metro Blue/Yellow lines. NRHP-listed 2013.
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Bruce Andersen from Washington, DC · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 1220 Wilkes Street
Sandstone boundary marker placed 1791 to mark the southwest corner of the original District of Columbia diamond. NRHP-listed 1991.
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Abdelrhman 1990 · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 133 North Fairfax Street
Federal-style 1807 banking house, the first chartered bank in Alexandria. NRHP-listed 1973.
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APK · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 1707 Duke Street
Antebellum jail compound operated by slave trader Joseph Bruin from the 1840s through emancipation. NRHP-listed 2000.
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AgnosticPreachersKid at en.wikipedia · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 201 Prince Street
Late-19th-century commercial building at the corner of Prince and Lee streets, an early local example of small-town bank architecture. NRHP-listed 1980.
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Beyond My Ken · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 206 North Pitt Street
Three brick rowhouses built ca. 1849 by Moses Hepburn, a free Black property owner and one of antebellum Alexandria's wealthiest African Americans. …
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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.
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Farragutful · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 228 South Pitt Street
Federal-Greek Revival 1817 sanctuary, the second oldest Episcopal congregation in Alexandria after Christ Church. NRHP-listed 1985.
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Ser Amantio di Nicolao · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 2823 King Street
Garden cemetery established 1856 on the western edge of Alexandria; among its interments are several mayors and Confederate veterans. NRHP-listed 2025.
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Bruce Andersen from Washington, DC · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 2952 King Street
Third of the original DC southwestern boundary stones, placed 1791-1792. NRHP-listed 1991.
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Alexandria Market House & City Hall (Masonic Hall), 301 King Street, Alexandria, Independent City, VA · Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · http://www.loc.gov/item/va1295/ 301 King Street
Alexandria's seat of municipal government, the present 1873 building stands on the footprint of the 1817 City Hall and Market House. NRHP-listed 1984.
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APK · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 313 South Alfred Street
One of the oldest African-American Baptist congregations in the United States, founded in 1803; present sanctuary erected 1855. NRHP-listed 2004.
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Hero image · pending 320 South Washington Street
Founded in 1863 by formerly enslaved Black congregants; one of the earliest independent Black Baptist churches in the South. NRHP-listed 2004.
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Hero image · pending 400 Fontaine Street
Lower School (JK through grade 5) of St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School, on Fontaine Street in Seminary Hill. Originally a campus of St. Agnes School for …
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Hero image · pending 404 South Royal Street
Mid-19th-century residence of George Lewis Seaton, a free Black master carpenter who served in the Virginia House of Delegates during Reconstruction. …
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Hero image · pending 411 South Columbus Street
Late-19th-century Black fraternal lodge, part of Alexandria's African-American civic infrastructure during Jim Crow. NRHP-listed 2004.
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Hero image · pending 413 Prince Street
Early-19th-century brick building used as the Bank of Potomac's executive office and as a Virginia governor's residence. NRHP-listed 2025.
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Hero image · pending 4195 West Braddock Road
African-American cemetery established 1885 on land adjacent to Fort Ward, used by descendants of the freedmen's community known as The Fort. NRHP-listed …
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Hero image · pending 4401 West Braddock Road
Middle School (grades 6–8) of St. Stephen's & St. Agnes since the late 1990s, on the West Braddock Road campus that previously housed Ascension Academy …
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Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 510 North Quaker Lane
Mid-century modern residence designed by architect Charles M. Goodman, who pioneered modernist housing in the Washington region. NRHP-listed 2013.
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Quarterczar ( talk ) · via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain 514 Crown View Drive
Suburban Alexandria home of Gerald R. Ford and family during his vice-presidency and at the time of his ascension to the presidency in 1974. NRHP-listed 1985.
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Hero image · pending 606 South Washington Street
Mid-19th-century chapel, part of Alexandria's antebellum African Methodist Episcopal congregation. NRHP-listed 2004.
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Bruce Andersen from Washington, DC · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 7 Russell Road
Second of the original DC southwestern boundary stones, placed 1791-1792. NRHP-listed 1991.
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Hero image · pending 712 Prince Street
Federal-style 1820s townhouse later occupied by mayor and judge Henry Daingerfield's family. NRHP-listed 2019.
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Ser Amantio de Nicalao · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 811 Prince Street
Italianate residence built 1854 by merchant John Bayne; later occupied by the Fowle family of shipbuilders. NRHP-listed 1986.
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Hero image · pending 814 Duke Street
Townhouse associated with Dr. Albert Johnson, a 19th-century African-American physician in Alexandria. NRHP-listed 2004.
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Hero image · pending 816 Vicar Lane
Cul-de-sac suburban house off Quaker Lane that was the residence of Wernher von Braun from his 1970 NASA retirement until his death at Alexandria Hospital on …
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AgnosticPreachersKid at en.wikipedia · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 Alexandria Historic District
Old and Historic Alexandria District, the colonial-through-antebellum core of the city, listed on the National Register in 1966.
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Famartin · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 George Washington Memorial Parkway
Scenic parkway completed 1932 from Memorial Bridge to Mount Vernon, the first federally constructed parkway commemorating Washington's bicentennial. …
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Bridge on Orange & Alexandria Railroad · Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · http://www.loc.gov/item/2012649966/ Jamieson Avenue at Hooff's Run
1851 stone arch railroad bridge, in continuous use since the eve of the Civil War. NRHP-listed 2003.
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APK · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 Jones Point Park
Frame lighthouse built 1855 at the south boundary stone of the original District of Columbia; one of the few surviving Potomac River inland lighthouses. …
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Bruce Andersen from Washington, DC · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 King Street
Fourth of the original DC southwestern boundary stones; the marker straddles the Alexandria-Arlington line. NRHP-listed 1991.
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Hero image · pending Parker-Gray neighborhood
Historically African-American residential and commercial district north and west of Old Town, anchored by the Parker-Gray School. NRHP-listed 2010.
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Unknown · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5 Parkfairfax Historic District
World War II-era garden-apartment complex completed 1942-1944, an early example of large-scale federally-financed defense housing. NRHP-listed 1999.
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Hero image · pending Rosemont Historic District
Streetcar-suburb residential neighborhood developed 1908 onward on the western edge of Alexandria, characterized by Colonial Revival and Craftsman houses. …
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Hero image · pending Russell Road
The single-residence Russell Road property where the Reverend Edward Tate opened St. Stephen's School for Boys in 1944, with 97 students in grades 3–8. The …
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Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. · via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain South Washington Street and Prince Street
Confederate monument cast 1889 by Caspar Buberl, relocated from the intersection of Washington and Prince streets on June 2, 2020. NRHP-listed 2017.
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Bruce Andersen from Washington, DC · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 Sw No 5 Boundary Marker
Fifth of the original DC southwestern boundary stones, near the Arlington line. NRHP-listed 1991.
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Farragutful · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 Town Of Potomac
Early-20th-century streetcar-suburb neighborhood incorporated as the independent Town of Potomac, annexed by Alexandria in 1930. NRHP-listed 1992.
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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 than three hundred …
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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 William Ramsay.
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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 five royal …
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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 family.
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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 before his …
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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 social and political …
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The original uploader was Ser Amantio di Nicolao at English Wikipedia . · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 614 Oronoco Street
Federal-style house built in 1785 by Philip Richard Fendall on land acquired from the Lee family. Occupied by a rotating cast of Lee family members through the …
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Hero image · pending 614 Wolfe Street
Two-story brick schoolhouse built 1786 on Wolfe Street. George Washington was a founding trustee and bequeathed funds for free education of poor children. Later …
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APK · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 607 Oronoco Street
Federal-era house at 607 Oronoco Street rented by Anne Carter Lee from about 1812; principal childhood residence of her son Robert E. Lee before his 1825 …
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Old Loyd [i.e. Lloyd] House, Alexandria, Va. · Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · http://www.loc.gov/item/2016803285/ 220 North Washington Street
Late-Georgian 1797 townhouse at the corner of North Washington and Queen built by merchant John Wise. Charles Lee, U.S. Attorney General and brother of …
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Hero image · pending 9000 Richmond Highway
Federal-style brick mansion built 1800–1805 by Lawrence Lewis and Nelly Custis Lewis on a 2,000-acre tract carved from the Mount Vernon estate as their wedding …
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Hero image · pending 1100 Wilkes Street
Cluster of twelve adjacent burial grounds stretching across the 1100 block of Wilkes Street, including Methodist Protestant, Presbyterian, Quaker, Black …
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Theodore Christopher · via Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1315 Duke Street
Brick Federal-era house and compound at 1315 Duke Street, operated from 1828 to 1836 as the headquarters of Franklin & Armfield, the largest domestic …
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Hero image · pending 609 Oronoco Street
Federal-style brick house at 609 Oronoco Street where Quaker educator Benjamin Hallowell ran a boys' classical school from 1824. Robert E. Lee received his …
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Farragutful · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 310 South Royal Street
Founded in 1795 as the first Catholic parish in Virginia. Present Greek Revival church on South Royal Street completed 1827; congregation has worshipped …
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John W. Cross · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5 3737 Seminary Road
Episcopal theological seminary founded in Alexandria in 1823 and relocated to its present hilltop campus in 1827. Occupied by Union forces during the Civil War …
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APK · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 523 Queen Street
Two-story brick "spite house" 7 feet 6 inches wide, infilling the alley between 521 and 525 Queen Street. Built in 1830 by John Hollensbury to block …
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Hero image · pending 1200 North Quaker Lane
The first high school in Virginia, founded 1839 by Bishop William Meade of the Episcopal Diocese on a 100-acre campus west of Old Town. First principal William …
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Placeholder illustration of Lyceum. Seed placeholder — KingSt.com, 2026. To be replaced with archival photograph. 201 South Washington Street
Greek Revival building completed in 1839 as the Alexandria Lyceum, a subscription library and lecture hall. Served as a Union hospital during the Civil War and, …
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SDC at en.wikipedia · via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain 1 Wilkes Street
The 1843 stone tide lock at the southern terminus of the Alexandria Canal, which connected the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal at Georgetown with the Alexandria …
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Hero image · pending Seminary Hill (off Seminary Road, near St. Stephens Road)
Layered Seminary Hill site that was the country estate "Muckross" of Burke & Herbert Bank co-founder Arthur Herbert, the Civil War earthwork Fort …
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Placeholder illustration of Fort Ward. Seed placeholder — KingSt.com, 2026. To be replaced with archival photograph. 4301 West Braddock Road
Earthwork fort raised in 1861 as part of the ring of Union fortifications around Washington; the fifth-largest of the Civil War defenses of the capital. After …
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Placeholder illustration of Alexandria National Cemetery. Seed placeholder — KingSt.com, 2026. To be replaced with archival photograph. 1450 Wilkes Street
One of the original fourteen national cemeteries established in 1862, interring Union dead from the Civil War, including United States Colored Troops reinterred …
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Placeholder illustration of Louverture Hospital Site. Seed placeholder — KingSt.com, 2026. To be replaced with archival photograph. 219 South Payne Street
Union Army hospital established in February 1864 for U.S. Colored Troops and Black civilian refugees in occupied Alexandria. Named for Toussaint Louverture, the …
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Hero image · pending 1200 Duke Street
Headquarters of T. J. Fannon & Sons at 1200 Duke Street, the Alexandria heating-fuel firm founded by Thomas J. Fannon as a wood-and-coal yard in 1885 and …
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Placeholder illustration of Interarms Hq 10 Prince Street. Seed placeholder — KingSt.com, 2026. To be replaced with archival photograph. 10 Prince Street
Former office of International Armament Corporation (Interarms) at the foot of Prince Street; administrative headquarters of Samuel Cummings's arms-dealing …
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photographer not credited · via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain 300 North West Street
Glass bottle and jar works that operated in west-end Alexandria from the 1890s until the Depression, employing hundreds of workers including children before …
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Placeholder illustration of Interarms Warehouse Complex South Union. Seed placeholder — KingSt.com, 2026. To be replaced with archival photograph. South Union Street
Complex of converted warehouse buildings along South Union Street used by Interarms from the late 1950s to the late 1990s to store surplus military small arms. …
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The Burke & Herbert Bank building in Alexandria, Virginia, a city immediately south of Washington, D.C., and once a larger, more thriving river port than the nation's capital city · Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · http://www.loc.gov/item/2020724810/ 100 South Fairfax Street
The 1903 neoclassical home of Burke & Herbert Bank at the corner of King and South Fairfax streets, the bank's sixth and final headquarters after a …
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Beyond My Ken · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 105 North Union Street
Waterfront munitions plant built in 1918 as the U.S. Naval Torpedo Station; produced torpedoes through World War II, served as federal records storage after the …
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Placeholder illustration of Alexandria Library 1939. Seed placeholder — KingSt.com, 2026. To be replaced with archival photograph. 717 Queen Street
Alexandria's first free public library, opened on Queen Street in 1937, and site of a sit-in on August 21, 1939 that is among the earliest documented …
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Unknown author Unknown author · via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain 9000 Richmond Highway
Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian house built in 1940 for journalist Loren Pope; relocated to the 9000 Richmond Highway parcel in 1964 to escape Interstate 66 …
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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 plantation. Juxtaposes a …
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Placeholder illustration of Parker Gray School Site. Seed placeholder — KingSt.com, 2026. To be replaced with archival photograph. 900 Wythe Street
Site of Alexandria's segregated public school for Black students, opened in 1920 at 900 Wythe Street and replaced in 1950 by a new Parker-Gray High School …
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Hero image · pending 1000 Saint Stephens Road
Upper School (grades 9–12) of St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School, occupying the Saint Stephens Road campus opened in January 1957 by St. Stephen's …
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Hero image · pending 201 Cambridge Road
Catholic co-educational secondary school founded in 1964 by the Diocese of Arlington on Cambridge Road; alumni include Dave Grohl (transferred junior, early …
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Hero image · pending 530 South St. Asaph Street
Continuously operating school site on South St. Asaph Street whose institutional lineage runs from the city's segregated Black schools of the late …
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Ben Schumin · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 Strand Street
The Potomac waterfront from the Torpedo Factory south to Jones Point, subject to a decades-long redevelopment project that has converted former industrial and …
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Er1ckRailfan · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 1900 King Street
Washington Metro station opened December 1983 at the west end of King Street, catalyzing mixed-use redevelopment of the surrounding blocks over the subsequent …
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Rudi Riet from Washington, DC, United States · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 3701 Mount Vernon Avenue
Listening-room music venue on Mount Vernon Avenue, founded in 1966 at an earlier location and relocated in 1997 to the present purpose-built hall. A nationally …