Alexandria Academy
Built 1748. Added to the National Register in 2017, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
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 in 1946 and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | Prince & St. Asaph Sts., Alexandria (Independent City), VA |
| County | Alexandria County |
| Listed | Sep 21, 2017 |
| Reference number | 66000928 |
| Built | 1748 |
| Type of place | historic district |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, Virginia Historic Landmark |
| Standing | Yes |
Visiting
| Address | Prince & St. Asaph Sts., Alexandria (Independent City), VA |
| Coordinates | 38.80100, -77.04812 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm · 2 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Fort Hunt Picnic Areas 6 mi · Fort Dupont Park Picnic Areas 6 mi · Fort Washington Park Day Use Facilities 6 mi |
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000928. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.