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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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- National Register of Historic Places
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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 to block alley …
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Federal-style brick mansion built 1800–1805 by and on a 2,000-acre tract carved from the Mount Vernon estate as their wedding gift from .
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.
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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Wilkes Street
Named for John Wilkes — English politician and Patriot ally, c. 1796.
Interpretive signs nearby
The City of Alexandria has installed 1 historical interpretive sign within walking distance of this place. Each links to the actual sign image on alexandriava.gov.
Douglass Cemetery, Wilkes St
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