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With its exterior blending brown fish-scale shingles and pink planks, this unique home is entered via a wooden path above ground level. It forms a bridge overlooking the stone patio and the surrounding...
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Out of the Attic | Battery Rodgers
Several installations in the Defenses of Washington, the ring of forts built around Washington, D.C., to protect the federal capital during the Civil War, were located close to and in Alexandria....
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Seminary Ridge house is decked out for summer
This fine home blends with the other classic colonial houses that surround it. The family room boasts a brick fireplace and a glass door leading to the deck. This charming colonial home would be...
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The eastern end of Cameron Valley, located south of Duke Street and west of Holland Lane, was highly industrialized in the mid-20th century. Southern Railway operated Cameron Yards there with several...
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Summer is swinging at the Carlyle community, where the attractions included the Lunch Bunch Concerts at the Park this month. Located close to the John Carlyle Square Park, this townhouse provides its...
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Around 1881, Herbert Bryant, a prominent citizen who owned a large fertilizer plant in Alexandria, had a new home built near the northwest corner of North Washington and Queen streets. Designed by...
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Walls of windows provide a panoramic view from the open, flowing dining, kitchen and living area in this Alexandria House corner unit. It overlooks the Potomac River, Washington and Old Town, as well...
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In Alexandrias early years, the jail was located at Market Square and later near the waterfront at the end of Wolfe Street. In 1823, the conditions at the jail were so bad that a letter to the editor...
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Realtors call it the wow factor that extra-special something that makes visitors say, well, Wow! In this elegant, eclectic brick luxury house, the family room evokes such a response. Rising two feet...
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Located along the Potomac River on the north side of Alexandria, Bellevue was home to Alexandria merchant William Hodgson and his wife, Portia Lee, beginning in 1801. The 17-acre property had a house,...
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