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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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Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 321 South Fairfax Street
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Bruce Andersen from Washington, DC · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 Fifth of the original DC southwestern boundary stones, near the Arlington line. NRHP-listed 1991.
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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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.
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The City of Alexandria has installed 1 historical interpretive sign within walking distance of this place. Each link below opens the sign's page on this site, with the full image and trail context.
Douglass Cemetery, Wilkes St
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