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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D06_green-brother-furniture_Alexandria-VA.html
Steam Furniture Works. Established 1828. Green & Brother,manufacturers of chamber, hall, parlor, dining-room, school, and church furniture. Wholesale and retail. Ssend for price list. Handrail, newells, balusters, brackets, bed-posts, table-legs; …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D03_john-douglass-brown-house_Alexandria-VA.html
Farm house in Fairfax County, Virginia, located upon part of a seven hundred acre land patent granted to Margaret Brent in 1654. Owned and occupied by descendants of John Douglass Brown and Mary Goulding Gretter since 1816.
Placed by John Alexa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CZH_washingtons-tenement-house_Alexandria-VA.html
Built for investment in 1797 byGeorge WashingtonLot purchased by Washingtonin 1763Conveyed by will in 1799 toMartha Washington
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CWR_the-bank-of-potomac-building_Alexandria-VA.html
Here Union Governor Francis Harrison Pierpont established the "Restored Government of Virginia" and used the building as the official Governor's Residence1863-65
This Property is protected by a preservation easement held by The Virginia Histori…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CVZ_p-o-box-1142_Alexandria-VA.html
This flagpole is dedicated to the veterans of P.O. Box 1142 who served this country as members of two military intelligence service (MIS) programs during World War II. Their top secret work here at Fort Hunt not only contributed to the allied vict…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C9G_war-rails-and-wells_Alexandria-VA.html
This city block became part of the Alexandria town grid in 1798. Near the rural outskirts of the developing town, the block remained vacant throughout the nineteenth century. Colross, a country estate, was established in the vicinity, and outside …
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With the outbreak of war in the spring of 1861, Alexandria was immediately occupied by Federal troops as a bulwark in the defenses of the national capital, and the city became a central distribution center for men and material for the Army of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BQJ_alexandria-washington-lodge_Alexandria-VA.html
Chartered A.D. 1788Destroyed by Fire May 19, A.D. 1871Rebuilt A.D. 1874Adolf Cluss - Architect
This plaque mounted in cooperation with the City of Alexandriaby the Alexandria-Washington Lodge No. 22Ancient Free and Accepted MasonsJuly 11, A.D. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BPY_alexandria-virginia_Alexandria-VA.html
Wording on stone tablet to left:Alexandria, Virginia
County seat of Fairfax 1742-1800Organized 13th July, 1749Incorporated by the Assembly of Virginia 1779Ceded to the Federal Government 1789First boundary stone of the Federal District laid 15t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BPM_guarding-the-potomac_Alexandria-VA.html
The area around Jones Point, which lies just south of the nation's capital, was an obvious location for early defensive fortifications. During the Civil War (1861-1865), Battery Rodgers was built overlooking the cove to guard the river approach to…