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38°50′42″N 77°06′53″W / 38.844921°N 77.114696°W / 38.844921; -77.114696. King Street is a major road in Alexandria, Virginia, United States and historic Old Town Alexandria. It extends westward from the Potomac River waterfront near the Torpedo Factory Art Center and nearby bustling tourist gift shops and restaurants ...
King Street – Old Town. King Street–Old Town station (also known by its former name, King Street) is a Washington Metro station in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. The station opened on December 17, 1983, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for both the Blue and Yellow Lines ...
Old Town Alexandria Vowell-Smith House in 2020 Signs hang from the lamp posts of Old Town along King Street. Located just minutes from Washington, D.C., [22] Old Town is situated in the eastern and southeastern area of the city along the Potomac River.
November 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 ...
The statue was removed on June 2, 2020, during nationwide protests in which vandals damaged segregation-era statues following the May 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 8. Bank of Alexandria. Bank of Alexandria. June 4, 1973. ( #73002202) 133 N. Fairfax St. 38°48′20″N 77°02′32″W.
Marshall House with the flag pole visible on the roof. The Marshall House was an inn that stood at 480 King Street (near the southeast corner of King Street and South Pitt Street) in Alexandria, Virginia. At the beginning of the American Civil War in 1861, the house was the site of the killing of Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth during the Union Army 's ...
Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States.It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of downtown Washington, D.C. Alexandria is the third-largest principal city of the Washington metropolitan area, which is part of the larger Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.
Carlyle House is a historic mansion in Alexandria, Virginia, United States, built by Scottish merchant John Carlyle from 1751 to 1752 in the Georgian style. It is situated in the city's Old Town at 121 North Fairfax Street between Cameron and King Street. To the west, the Gadsby's Tavern is found one block away and Christ Church is three blocks ...