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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J27_alexandria-canal-1843-1886_Alexandria-VA.html
Buried beneath this canal stone lies Lock #3 of the Alexandria Canal, which connected the Harbor of Alexandria with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Georgetown, D.C. between 1843 and 1886. After Crossing the Potomac on an aqueduct bridge near the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ILP_jones-point_Alexandria-VA.html
American Indians first frequented Jones Point to hunt and fish. The point is likely named for an early English settler. By the 1790's, military installations were established at Jones point due to its strategic location on the Potomac River. The f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H56_first-presbyterian-church-of-alexandria_Alexandria-VA.html
Panel 1 - upper middle of east face:
TheFirst Presbyterian Church ofAlexandriafounded A.D. 1772House of worship erected 1774.Destroyed by lightning July 20, 1835. Rebuilt on the same lot A.D. 1836.
Panel 2 - lower-middle of east face:
May 9, 179…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GPR_contrabands-and-freedmen-cemetery-memorial_Alexandria-VA.html
The Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial is dedicated to honoring more than 1,700 people of African descent buried here during and following the Civil War, as well as those who may have been laid to rest after the cemetery officially closed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ESR_l-overture-hospital-hq_Alexandria-VA.html
During the Civil War, 217 was the headquarters of the L'Overture Hospital. It was named after Tousaint L'Overture — Hispaniola's (Haiti) slave revolt leader. Patients were African American Union Soldiers & "contrabands" (escaped slaves). #21…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E7D_pursuers-of-booth-the-assassin_Alexandria-VA.html
In Memoryof Peter CarrollSamuel N. GosnellGeo. W. HuntingtonChristopher Farleywho lost their lives, April 24, 1865while in pursuit of Booth the assassinof our beloved PresidentAbraham Lincoln.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DUM_original-federal-boundary-stone-sw-1_Alexandria-VA.html
Original Federal Boundary StoneDistrict of ColumbiaPlaced 1791 - 1792Protected by Mt. Vernon ChapterDaughters of the American Revolution1916
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DMX_franklin-and-armfield-slave-office_Alexandria-VA.html
Isaac Franklin and John Armfield leased this brick building with access to the wharves and docks in 1828 as a holding pen for enslaved people being shipped from Northern Virginia to Louisiana. They purchased the building and three lots in 1832. Fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DMR_orange-alexandria-roundhouse_Alexandria-VA.html
Orange & Alexandria Railroad roundhouse, formerly located near Duke and South Henry Streets. Engine named after Brigadier General Herman Haupt, Chief of Transportation, U.S. Military Railroads during the Civil War. Mathew Brady photograph after 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DJM_the-hump-open-lots-for-blocks_Alexandria-VA.html
The racially integrated working-class neighborhood known as the Hump, named for the high ground at its northern boundary, once spanned three blocks, centering on the 800 block of Montgomery Street. The Hump was first settled in the decade followin…