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{{short description|National Historic Landmark District in Alexandria, Virginia, United States}}
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{{Infobox NRHP
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Alexandria Historic District
| name = Alexandria Historic District
| nrhp_type = nhld | nocat = yes
| nrhp_type = nhld
| nocat = yes
| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register
| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register
| designated_other1_date = November 5, 1968<ref name=register>{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=19 March 2013}}</ref>
| designated_other1_date = November 5, 1968<ref name=register>{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|access-date=19 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|archive-date=2013-09-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| designated_other1_number = 100-0121
| designated_other1_number = 100-0121
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
| image = Athenaeum - Old Town Alexandria, Virginia.jpg
| caption = Old Dominion Bank Building, now an art gallery called The Athenaeum, in Old Town
| image = Athenaeum - Old Town Alexandria, Virginia.jpg
| caption = Old Dominion Bank Building in Old Town,<br>now "The Athenaeum", an art gallery
| location= [[Alexandria, Virginia]]
| location = [[Alexandria, Virginia]]
| coordinates = {{coord|38|48|12|N|77|2|47|W|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{coord|38|48|12|N|77|2|47|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = USA Virginia Northern#USA Virginia#USA
| area =
| area =
| built = 1748
| built = 1748
| architect = Multiple
| architect = Multiple
| architecture= [[Colonial architecture|Colonial]], [[Late Victorian architecture|Late Victorian]], [[Federal architecture|Federal]]
| architecture = [[Colonial architecture|Colonial]], [[Late Victorian architecture|Late Victorian]], [[Federal architecture|Federal]]
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|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=706&ResourceType=District
|title=Alexandria Historic District
|title=Alexandria Historic District
|accessdate=2008-02-18
|access-date=2008-02-18
|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing
|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing
|publisher=National Park Service
|publisher=National Park Service
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|url-status=dead
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| refnum = 66000928
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The '''Alexandria Historic District''' is a [[National Historic Landmark District]] in [[Alexandria, Virginia]]. Encompassing all of the city's [[Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia|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 declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1966.<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref name="vadhr_nhlnom1969">{{citation|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Alexandria |url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Alexandria/100-0121_Alexandria_HD_1969_Final_Nomination_NHL.pdf |format=pdf |date=March 28, 1969 |author=Edward P. Alexander |publisher=National Park Service |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512000939/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Alexandria/100-0121_Alexandria_HD_1969_Final_Nomination_NHL.pdf |archivedate=May 12, 2008 }}</ref><ref name="vadhr_addendum1984">{{citation|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Addendum, Alexandria Historic District, Alexandria, Virginia|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Alexandria/100-0121_Alexandria_HD_1984_NRHP_Addendum.pdf |format=pdf|date=October 31, 1984 |author= |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref><ref name="vadhr_survey2001">{{citation|title=Itemization of properties included in Alexandria Historic District, Alexandria, Virginia |url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Alexandria/100-0121_Alexandria_HD_Addendum_1984.pdf |format=pdf |date=November 27, 2001 |author= |publisher=Virginia DHR |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116024304/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Alexandria/100-0121_Alexandria_HD_Addendum_1984.pdf |archivedate=January 16, 2009 }}</ref>
The '''Alexandria Historic District''' is a [[National Historic Landmark District]] in [[Alexandria, Virginia]]. Encompassing all of the city's [[Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia|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<ref>Department of Historic Resoruces, "[https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/HistoricDistricts.pdf Historic Districts in Virginia]", 2014, p. 7</ref> and was
declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1966.<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref name="vadhr_nhlnom1969">{{citation|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Alexandria |url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Alexandria/100-0121_Alexandria_HD_1969_Final_Nomination_NHL.pdf |format=pdf |date=March 28, 1969 |author=Edward P. Alexander |publisher=National Park Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512000939/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Alexandria/100-0121_Alexandria_HD_1969_Final_Nomination_NHL.pdf |archive-date=May 12, 2008 }}</ref><ref name="vadhr_addendum1984">{{citation|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Addendum, Alexandria Historic District, Alexandria, Virginia|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Alexandria/100-0121_Alexandria_HD_1984_NRHP_Addendum.pdf |format=pdf|date=October 31, 1984 |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref><ref name="vadhr_survey2001">{{citation|title=Itemization of properties included in Alexandria Historic District, Alexandria, Virginia |url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Alexandria/100-0121_Alexandria_HD_Addendum_1984.pdf |format=pdf |date=November 27, 2001 |publisher=Virginia DHR |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116024304/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Alexandria/100-0121_Alexandria_HD_Addendum_1984.pdf |archive-date=January 16, 2009 }}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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*[[Alexandria City Hall]]
*[[Alexandria City Hall]]


The district boundaries are the Potomac River to the east, Queen Street to the north, [[Jones Point]] and the [[Capital Beltway]] to the south, and Alfred Street to the west. There are a few extensions beyond these bounds, notably along Washington Street as far north as 2nd Street.<ref name="vadhr_nhlnom1969"/> The commercial center of the district is around S. Washington Street and King Street. Notable buildings in that area include the [[Art Deco]] Virginia Public Service building at 117 S. Washington, the Post Office and Courthouse at 200 S. Washington, and the Burke and Herbert Bank at 625 King.<ref name=vadhr_survey2001/>
The district boundaries, as defined by the National Register and the [[Virginia Landmarks Register]], are the Potomac River to the east, Queen Street to the north, [[Jones Point (Virginia)|Jones Point]] and the [[Capital Beltway]] to the south, and Alfred Street to the west. There are a few extensions beyond these bounds, notably along Washington Street as far north as 2nd Street.<ref name="vadhr_nhlnom1969"/> The commercial center of the district is around S. Washington Street and King Street. Notable buildings in that area include the [[Art Deco]] Virginia Public Service building at 117 S. Washington Street, the Post Office and Courthouse at 200 S. Washington Street, and the Burke and Herbert Bank at 621 King Street.<ref name=vadhr_survey2001/> Within this larger district is a smaller historic district as defined by the National Historic Landmark designation, consisting of the central portion of the larger district.<ref>[https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Alexandria.pdf "Alexandria's Listed Historic Districts"] Virginia Department of Historic Resources</ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery class="center" widths="187px" heights="175px">
<gallery>
File:515 North Washington Street.jpg|[[515 North Washington Street]] (1848)
File:Burke & Herbert building on King St..jpg|Burke and Herbert Bank
File:Burke & Herbert Bank, 621 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia.jpg|Burke & Herbert Bank at 621 King Street (1906)
Image:Old Pier 1 building in Alexandria.jpg|117 S. Washington St.
Image:Old Pier 1 building in Alexandria.jpg|117 S. Washington St. (c.1930s)
Image:Alexandria Academy.jpg|The Alexandria Academy
Image:Alexandria Academy.jpg|The Alexandria Academy
Image:HistoricAlexandriaRoundel.jpg|Roundel used to designate a historic building in Alexandria</gallery>
Image:HistoricAlexandriaRoundel.jpg|Roundel used to designate a historic building in Alexandria</gallery>
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Old Town (Alexandria, Virginia)}}
{{commons category|Old Town Alexandria}}
*[http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Alexandria/Alexandria_Historic_photo.htm photo at VA DHR]
*[https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/100-0121/ 100-0121 Alexandria Historic District] from [[Virginia Department of Historic Resources]]
*[http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Alexandria/Alexandria.pdf Map of Alexandria Historic District, PDF file]
*[https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Alexandria.pdf Map of Alexandria Historic District] from Virginia Department of Historic Resources
*[http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Alexandria/100-0121_Alexandria_HD_textlist.htm Alexandria Historic District at VA DHR]


{{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia|state=collapsed}}


[[Category:National Historic Landmarks in Virginia]]
[[Category:Historic districts in Alexandria, Virginia]]
[[Category:Geography of Alexandria, Virginia]]
[[Category:History of Alexandria, Virginia]]
[[Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia]]
[[Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia]]
[[Category:Neoclassical architecture in Virginia]]
[[Category:National Historic Landmarks in Virginia]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Alexandria, Virginia]]
[[Category:Federal architecture in Virginia]]
[[Category:Federal architecture in Virginia]]
[[Category:Georgian architecture in Virginia]]
[[Category:Georgian architecture in Virginia]]
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[[Category:Victorian architecture in Virginia]]
[[Category:Greek Revival architecture in Virginia]]
[[Category:Greek Revival architecture in Virginia]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Alexandria, Virginia]]
[[Category:Neoclassical architecture in Virginia]]
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[[Category:Victorian architecture in Virginia]]

Latest revision as of 17:40, 16 September 2024

Alexandria Historic District
Old Dominion Bank Building in Old Town,
now "The Athenaeum", an art gallery
LocationAlexandria, Virginia
Coordinates38°48′12″N 77°2′47″W / 38.80333°N 77.04639°W / 38.80333; -77.04639
Built1748
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleColonial, Late Victorian, Federal
NRHP reference No.66000928
VLR No.100-0121
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1966[2]
Designated NHLDNovember 13, 1966[3]
Designated VLRNovember 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. 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][6][7]

History

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The city of Alexandria was chartered in 1748, and its city center was laid out as a grid of streets on the west bank of the Potomac River. One of the surveyors involved in this work was future United States President George Washington. The city grew to become a major seaport serving much of northern Virginia, and its streets were lined with Federal style townhouses. The city remained a major port, dealing principally in grain and tobacco, until the American Civil War. Elements of its historic importance as a port continues in the survival of several waterfront warehouses from that period.[5]

Other National Historic Landmarks within the district include:

Other National Register-listed properties within the district include:

The district boundaries, as defined by the National Register and the Virginia Landmarks Register, are the Potomac River to the east, Queen Street to the north, Jones Point and the Capital Beltway to the south, and Alfred Street to the west. There are a few extensions beyond these bounds, notably along Washington Street as far north as 2nd Street.[5] The commercial center of the district is around S. Washington Street and King Street. Notable buildings in that area include the Art Deco Virginia Public Service building at 117 S. Washington Street, the Post Office and Courthouse at 200 S. Washington Street, and the Burke and Herbert Bank at 621 King Street.[7] Within this larger district is a smaller historic district as defined by the National Historic Landmark designation, consisting of the central portion of the larger district.[8]

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  • 515 North Washington Street (1848)
    515 North Washington Street (1848)
  • Burke & Herbert Bank at 621 King Street (1906)
    Burke & Herbert Bank at 621 King Street (1906)
  • 117 S. Washington St. (c.1930s)
    117 S. Washington St. (c.1930s)
  • The Alexandria Academy
    The Alexandria Academy
  • Roundel used to designate a historic building in Alexandria
    Roundel used to designate a historic building in Alexandria

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Alexandria Historic District". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on January 1, 2008. Retrieved February 18, 2008.
  4. ^ Department of Historic Resoruces, "Historic Districts in Virginia", 2014, p. 7
  5. ^ a b c Edward P. Alexander (March 28, 1969), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Alexandria (PDF), National Park Service, archived from the original (pdf) on May 12, 2008
  6. ^ National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Addendum, Alexandria Historic District, Alexandria, Virginia (pdf), National Park Service, October 31, 1984
  7. ^ a b Itemization of properties included in Alexandria Historic District, Alexandria, Virginia (PDF), Virginia DHR, November 27, 2001, archived from the original (pdf) on January 16, 2009
  8. ^ "Alexandria's Listed Historic Districts" Virginia Department of Historic Resources
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