a.k.a. Sw No 5 Boundary Marker
Fifth of the original DC southwestern boundary stones, near the Arlington line. NRHP-listed 1991.
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- National Register of Historic Places
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Fourth of the original DC southwestern boundary stones; the marker straddles the Alexandria-Arlington line. NRHP-listed 1991.
4401 West Braddock Road 4401 West Braddock Road
Middle School (grades 6–8) of St. Stephen's & St. Agnes since the late 1990s, on the West Braddock Road campus that previously housed …
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Southwest Number 5 Boundary Marker
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