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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 2018.
- Extant
- National Register of Historic Places
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Nearby in time
George Washington Middle School on Mount Vernon Avenue in Del Ray, looking northeast along the front walk — the 1934 Stripped Classical school building at left, the modern clock-tower addition at right, and (at right of the walk) the granite WWII memorial obelisk erected by the graduating classes of 1943-1947 to the fifty GW alumni who did not come back from the war. © KingSt.com, 2024 1005 Mount Vernon Avenue
Brick Stripped Classical / Art Deco school on Mount Vernon Avenue in Del Ray, built 1934 and opened 1935 as George Washington High School — …
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.
Wilkes Street Tunnel from the western approach, July 2017 — the brick-arched railroad tunnel cut beneath Wilkes Street in the early 1850s for the Orange & Alexandria Railroad to reach the Potomac wharves, today an Old Town pedestrian and bicycle passage. © KingSt.com, July 2017 Wilkes Street (between South Royal and South Lee)
Brick-arched railroad tunnel carved beneath Wilkes Street in the early 1850s for the Orange & Alexandria Railroad to reach the city's …
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. …
Nearby in space
Restored Fort Ward earthwork, Seminary Hill, Alexandria — May 9, 2026. © KingSt.com, May 2026 site visit 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 …
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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Upper School (grades 9–12) of St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School, occupying the Saint Stephens Road campus opened in January 1957 by St. …
400 Fontaine Street 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 …
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Braddock Road
Named for General Edward Braddock — British commander killed at the Monongahela, 1755, c. 1755.
Interpretive signs nearby
The City of Alexandria has installed 7 historical interpretive signs within walking distance of this place. Each link below opens the sign's page on this site, with the full image and trail context.
Oakland Baptist Church Cemetery
Fort Ward Park 4301 W Braddock Rd
Within Its Walls - A Foundation for Education and Opportunity
Fort Ward Park 4301 W Braddock Rd
Fort Ward Park 4301 W Braddock Rd
Fort Ward Park 4301 W Braddock Rd
"The Fort" and "Seminary" Community Civil War to Civil Rights
Fort Ward Park 4301 W Braddock Rd
African Americans and the Civil War - Fleeing, Fighting and Working for Freedom
Fort Ward Park 4301 W Braddock Rd
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