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Library sponsored programs include: summer reading, One Book/One City, literary discussion groups, author book signings, children story times and other events for the city's diverse population. The Alexandria Library also started offering passport services [14] at the Barrett Branch [15] and Beatley Central Library in October 2016.
The area was originally called Belhaven, believed to be in honor of a Scottish patriot, John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Belhaven and Stenton.The town was formally named Alexandria in 1779, after Captain Philip Alexander II (1704–1753) and Captain John Alexander (1711–1763), who donated the land to assist in the development of the area.
From the split, the 10B operated from Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington Virginia to Hunting Towers, with select trips operating up to Old Town Alexandria near Braddock Road Station. The 10C operates between East Falls Church Station and Hunting Towers, while the 10D operates on the same interval, with the extension to Seven Corners Center.
The Alexandria Black History Museum is located in the neighborhood, in the old Robert Robinson library building, constructed in 1940 as a result of the 1939 sit-in. [73] Basketball player Earl Lloyd , the first black player in the National Basketball Association , was a native of Parker-Gray. [ 64 ]
Pages in category "Old Town Alexandria" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... King Street–Old Town station; L. Lee–Fendall House; S.
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The Lloyd House, also known as the Wise-Hooe-Lloyd House, is a historic house and library located at 220 North Washington Street at the corner of Queen Street in the Old Town area of Alexandria, Virginia. It was built from 1796 to 1797 by John Wise, a prominent entrepreneur, in the late eighteenth-century Georgian architectural style. [3]
The Lyceum is a historic museum and event space in Alexandria, Virginia.Built in 1839 on the initiative of Quaker schoolmaster Benjamin Hallowell, it has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since May 27, 1969, the year of its purchase by the city.