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Old Town Alexandria
November 13, 1966 [3] Designated VLR. November 5, 1968 [1] The Alexandria Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District in Alexandria, Virginia. Encompassing all of the city's Old Town and some adjacent areas, this area contains one of the nation's best-preserved assemblages of the late-18th and early-19th century urban architecture.
Before the electric trolleys, there was the horsecar line of the Alexandria Passenger Railway (APR), which served Alexandria, Virginia, for just over a year in the 1870s.. Starting on July 12, 1873, the APR ran two horse-drawn cars on tracks from the Ferry Wharf, west on King Street and then south on Peyton Street to the old stone bridge over Hooff's R
38°50′42″N 77°06′53″W / . 38.844921°N 77.114696°W. / 38.844921; -77.114696. King Street is a major road in Alexandria, Virginia, United States and historic Old Town Alexandria. It extends westward from the Potomac River waterfront near the Torpedo Factory Art Center and nearby bustling tourist gift shops and restaurants ...
Designated NHL. November 4, 1963 [3] Designated VLR. September 9, 1969 [1] Gadsby's Tavern is a complex of historic buildings at 134 and 138 North Royal Street at the corner of Cameron Street in the Old Town district of Alexandria, Virginia. The complex includes a c.1785 tavern, the 1792 City Tavern and Hotel, and an 1878 hotel addition.
The statue was removed on June 2, 2020, during nationwide protests in which vandals damaged segregation-era statues following the May 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 8. Bank of Alexandria. Bank of Alexandria. June 4, 1973. ( #73002202) 133 N. Fairfax St. 38°48′20″N 77°02′32″W.
Designated VLR. June 19, 2008 [2] Uptown–Parker–Gray Historic District is a national historic district located at Alexandria, Virginia. The district encompasses 984 contributing buildings in the northwestern quadrant of the Old Town Alexandria street grid as it was laid out in 1797. It mostly consists of small row houses and town houses ...
The history of Alexandria, Virginia, begins with the first European settlement in 1695. Over the next century, the town became a significant port. In 1801, much of Alexandria was swept into the new District of Columbia; it was damaged along with much of the rest of the capital during the War of 1812. In 1846, Alexandria was returned to Virginia ...