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2. Neighborhoods of Alexandria, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Alexandria, Virginia, an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, is located along the western bank of the Potomac River. The city of approximately 151,000 is about six miles (9.6 kilometers) south of downtown Washington, D.C. Several outlying neighborhoods and cities outside the limits of Alexandria, in neighboring Arlington and ...

3. Clarens (Alexandria, Virginia) - Wikipedia

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   Clarens or the Clarens Estate is a 19th-century Federal-style mansion in Alexandria, Virginia. [1] [2] Clarens is best known as the residence of James Murray Mason (November 3, 1798–April 28, 1871), [3] [4] a United States representative and United States senator from Virginia and grandson of George Mason , a Founding Father of the United ...

4. Hollensbury Spite House - Wikipedia

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   The Hollensbury Spite House is a spite house located at 523 Queen Street in Alexandria, Virginia. The narrow building measures 7-feet 6-inches (2.3 m) wide and is often called the skinniest house in the United States. The house has drawn international attention, being covered by numerous news outlets, and was once featured on The Oprah Winfrey ...

5. River Farm - Wikipedia

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   River Farm. Coordinates: 38°44′32″N 77°02′41″W. River Farm house in 2010. River Farm (25 acres (10 ha)), permanent home to the American Horticultural Society (AHS) headquarters, is a (27 acres (11 ha)) landscape located at 7931 East Boulevard Drive, Alexandria, Virginia. The estate takes its name from a larger plot of land which ...

6. Alexandria, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   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.

7. Alexandria Historic District - Wikipedia

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   November 13, 1966 [3] Designated VLR. 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.