King Street
a.k.a. King Street
Fourth of the original DC southwestern boundary stones; the marker straddles the Alexandria-Arlington line. 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 …
Alexandria Market House & City Hall (Masonic Hall), 301 King Street, Alexandria, Independent City, VA · Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · http://www.loc.gov/item/va1295/ 301 King Street
Alexandria's seat of municipal government, the present 1873 building stands on the footprint of the 1817 City Hall and Market House. …
Beyond My Ken · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 134 North Royal Street
An 18th-century tavern complex at 134 North Royal Street that hosted George Washington's final Birthnight Ball in 1799 and served as a …
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.
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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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African-American cemetery established 1885 on land adjacent to Fort Ward, used by descendants of the freedmen's community known as The Fort. …
Placeholder illustration of Fort Ward. Seed placeholder — KingSt.com, 2026. To be replaced with archival photograph. 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 …
John W. Cross · via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5 3737 Seminary Road
Episcopal theological seminary founded in Alexandria in 1823 and relocated to its present hilltop campus in 1827. Occupied by Union forces …
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King Street
Named for King George II of Great Britain (reigning 1727-1760), c. 1749.
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Southwest No. 4 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia
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