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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JKQ_within-its-walls_Alexandria-VA.html
Clara Shorts Adams and Robert Adams conveyed a quarter-acre to the Falls Church School District of Fairfax County in 1898 for the purpose of educating African American children. The one-room "Colored School Building at Seminary" was the first publ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JF8_oakland-baptist-church-cemetery_Alexandria-VA.html
In 1939, Samuel Javins conveyed the land which was referred to as "Oakland Church lot" nine years earlier, to the Oakland Baptist Church, after the death of his wife, Florence McKnight Javins. She inherited the property from her mother, Harriet St…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JER_the-oakland-baptist-church_Alexandria-VA.html
Several residents of "The Fort" community were founders of the Oakland Baptist Church, which is located at the intersection of King Street and Braddock Road. The congregation started worshiping in a bush arbor as Oak Hill Baptist Mission in 1888 a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IXV_fort-worth_Alexandria-VA.html
Historical Site
Defenses of Washington
1861 - 1865
Here stood Fort Worth, built in 1861. It had a commanding view of the Cameron Valley and guarded the approach to Alexandria by Little River Turnpike. The fort had a perimeter of 463 yards a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IXU_fort-williams_Alexandria-VA.html
Historical Site
Defenses of Washington
1861 - 1865
100 yards to the west stood Fort Williams, built in 1863 to guard the approaches to Alexandria by Little River Turnpike and Telegraph Road. It had a perimeter of 250 yards and emplacements fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRJG_fort-ward_Alexandria-VA.html
Historical SiteDefenses of Washington1861-1865Fort WardHere stands Fort Ward, constructed in 1861 to protect the approaches to Alexandria by Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Turnpike. In 1864, the fort was enlarged to a perimeter of 818 yards wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI1P_lake-cook_Alexandria-VA.html
Lake Cook is named for Dayton L. Cook, P.E., the City of Alexandria's Director of Transportation and Environmental Services, who was instrumental in the purchase, design, and construction of the Eisenhower Valley public improvements. Mr. Cook help…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4SL_bombproof_Alexandria-VA.html
Two bombproofs, each measuring 200 feet long by 12.5 feet wide, were located in the center of Fort Ward. During normal operations the bombproofs were used as meeting rooms, storage facilities, and sometimes as a prison. In the event of an attack, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4SK_rifle-trench_Alexandria-VA.html
This rifle trench extended from the North Bastion toward Battery Garesche located beyond Leesburg Turnpike (Route 7). Another rifle trench extended from the tip of the South Bastion near the Fort Gate. The rifle trenches prevented enemy troops fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4SJ_profile-of-fort_Alexandria-VA.html
This exterior view of the restored Northwest Bastion illustrates the effectiveness of an earthwork fort. The fort walls were 18-22 feet high, 12-14 feet thick, and slanted at 45 degrees.
To gain access to the fort an attacker would have to cros…