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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. NRHP-listed 2004.
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- National Register of Historic Places
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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 …
The 1864 Fort Worth engineering plan superimposed on modern Seminary Ridge satellite imagery — the fort's star-shaped earthwork still imprinted on today's residential street grid. Composite by KingSt.com (1864 NARA plan over modern aerial), 2026 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 …
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 …
4195 West Braddock Road 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. …
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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 …
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.
614 Wolfe Street 614 Wolfe Street
Two-story brick schoolhouse built 1786 on Wolfe Street. was a founding trustee and bequeathed funds for free education of poor children. …
413 Prince Street 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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Royal Street
Named for Crown of Great Britain (general), c. 1749.
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Wilkes Street Tunnel
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