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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19ET_fairlington_Alexandria-VA.html
Designed in the Colonial revival style by Kenneth Franzheim and Alan B. Mills and constructed between 1942 and 1944, Fairlington is an early example of successful community planning and large-scale publicly financed rental housing built for defens…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4QE_original-federal-boundary-stone-sw-3_Alexandria-VA.html
Original Federal Boundary Stone Southwest 3District of ColumbiaPlaced 1791-1792This plaque placed here on the 200th anniversary of the founding of the City of Washington D.C.
Placed here and protected by Colonel John Washington ChapterNSDARWash…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4OA_virginia-theological-seminary_Alexandria-VA.html
Half mile to the southwest. The idea for such an institution was conceived by a group of Alexandria and Washington clergymen in 1818. Among those interested was Francis Scott Key, author of the Star Spangled Banner. Originally at corner of Washing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4O8_episcopal-high-school_Alexandria-VA.html
Episcopal High School, on the hill to the southwest, was founded in 1839 as a boys' preparatory school, one of the first in the South; girls were admitted in 1991. The school was a pioneer in the establishment of student honor codes in preparatory…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12N_bush-hill_Alexandria-VA.html
Josiah Watson, a wealthy merchant and postmaster of Alexandria, established his 272-acre plantation, "Bush Hill", in 1791. Richard Marshall Scott purchased the plantation in 1791; his family stayed here for 200 years. Scott was an attorney, bank p…