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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26IE_edgar-warfield_Alexandria-VA.html
One of King Street's greatest commercial buildings was built by one of Alexandria's most beloved citizens. Edgar Warfield, Jr. was born in 1842, and at the age of 18 he co-founded the "Old Dominion Rifles," a Confederate militia that served in the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26I3_colonel-francis-peyton_Alexandria-VA.html
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, this land was part of a larger parcel owned by Colonel Francis Peyton and the land was later inherited by his son, Lucien. In 1851, Lucien Peyton sold this property, depicted on the 1845 map of Alexandria…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26H7_the-electric-railway_Alexandria-VA.html
The interurban streetcar caused a revolution in American life, permitting for the first time a suburban lifestyle. "Streetcar suburbs" became the 20th-century ideal of American middle-class family life with a home, yard and commute to work in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26H6_schools-in-the-town-of-potomac_Alexandria-VA.html
In September 1900, Alexandria County opened the original Mount Vernon School on this property to educate children up to the 8th grade. In spite of continual expansion, crowding was always a problem. By 1932, it was necessary to rent the bank build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26H5_alexandria-and-fredericksburg-railroad_Alexandria-VA.html
The rails embedded in the brick sidewalk along this block of Fayette Street come from the Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railroad. Chartered in 1864 and completed to Quantico by 1872, this rail line ran in the street and spurred industrial growth i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26GY_potomac-yard-in-transition_Alexandria-VA.html
Despite its function as a major rail classification yard for many years, Potomac Yard was not immune to the economic pressures and competition from other modes of transportation. Trucks and airplanes eventually reduced the need for goods and mater…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26GX_the-rail-yard-hump_Alexandria-VA.html
Certain rail classification yards depended on a simple landform called the "hump." Potomac Yard had two humps: one for the northbound trains and one for the southbound trains. Trains first entered a receiving yard where locomotives were detached f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26GW_crossroads-of-transportation_Alexandria-VA.html
The Potomac Yard site has historically been an intersection for transportation because of its location between Washington D.C. and Alexandria and the availability of open, level land near the river. Even before Potomac Yard was built, the property…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26GV_building-potomac-yard_Alexandria-VA.html
Potomac Yard was located between Washington D.C. and Alexandria because the site already served as the confluence of many shipping routes; was centrally located on the eastern seaboard; and would alleviate troublesome train congestion from smaller…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26GU_the-alexanders-agriculture_Alexandria-VA.html
Potomac Yard was once part of a vast, wooded landscape overlooking the Potomac River. The original 6,000-acre tract (about 9 square miles) was passed down through generations of the John Alexander family and divided among surviving spouses and chi…
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