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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.
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.
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.
The brewery complex was purchased by John Fitzgerald in 1798, but was sold in 1802 to settle Fitzgerald's debts after his death in 1799. [3] The brewery complex no longer exists. Remnants of the Town Warehouse, where Wales rented space for his first brewery, were found in November 2015 during construction of a new hotel. [4]
The 1980s restaurant’s name didn’t cow customers, who loved its food. ... including Rowdy Joe’s Steakhouse & Saloon in Old Town in 1993 and Dooley’s at K-42 and Maize Road in 2001.
Edmund Jennings Lee was born at Leesylvania plantation on May 20, 1772 and was the fifth son of Henry Lee II and Lucy Grymes. Although his brothers Charles Lee and Richard Bland Lee held federal office, Edmund Lee may have been the member of the Lee family most intimately involved in the economic and political fabric of Alexandria, Virginia society.
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. The district was locally designated (as the Old and Historic Alexandria district) in 1946 [4] and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966. [3] [5 ...
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