a.k.a. Rosemont Historic District
Streetcar-suburb residential neighborhood developed 1908 onward on the western edge of Alexandria, characterized by Colonial Revival and Craftsman houses. NRHP-listed 1992.
- Extant
- National Register of Historic Places
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Nearby in time
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 …
Farragutful · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 Early-20th-century streetcar-suburb neighborhood incorporated as the independent Town of Potomac, annexed by Alexandria in 1930. NRHP-listed …
Seminary Hill (off Seminary Road, near St. Stephens Road) 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 …
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 …
Nearby in space
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 …
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.
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.
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.
Now
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The City of Alexandria has installed 2 historical interpretive signs within walking distance of this place. Each links to the actual sign image on alexandriava.gov.
Rosemont Historic District
Commonwealth and south corner Rosemont
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