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King Street – Old Town (WMATA station)

King Street – Old Town is an island platformed Washington Metro station in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. The station was 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, this is the southernmost transfer station for the Blue and Yellow lines, as the two lines converge just south of the station.

Located at 38.8065, -77.0611 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Braddock Road (WMATA station)

Braddock Road is an island platformed Washington Metro station in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. The station was 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, the station is located at Braddock Road and West Street. Access to the platform is provided by one pair of escalators and one elevator.

Located at 38.814, -77.0538 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Robinson Terminal

Robinson Terminal Warehouse Corporation is a warehouse company based in Alexandria, Virginia. The company primarily handles newsprint for its owner, The Washington Post Company. It operates two deep-water berths alongside the Potomac River, one at the terminus of Oronoco Street, the other at the terminus of Duke Street. A railroad spur serves the Orinoco facility. Vessels heading to or from the berths must pass under the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, sometimes requiring the bridge's drawspan to open.

Located at 38.802, -77.0402 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Battery Rodgers

Battery Rodgers was a gun emplacement that composed a portion of the American Civil War defenses of the American capital city of Washington, D.C. Built in 1863, Battery Rodgers was constructed with the ability to interdict sea traffic sailing up the Potomac River to Washington. From its position on a 28-foot high cliff overlooking Battery Cove, it was positioned with a clear view of fire and was ably suited to guarding the southern Potomac River and Accotink Road (Fort Hunt Rd.

Located at 38.7952, -77.0433 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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George Washington Middle School (Virginia)

George Washington Middle School is located at 1005 Mount Vernon Avenue in the city of Alexandria, Virginia. It first opened in 1935 as a merger of two prior high schools named Alexandria and George Mason. It was converted to a middle school in 1971, as part of a reorganization of the Alexandria City Public Schools System's secondary schools.

Located at 38.8159, -77.0557 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Little Theatre of Alexandria

The Little Theatre of Alexandria is a prominent community theatre located at 600 Wolfe Street in Alexandria, Virginia It has a member / subscriber base of over 2000. The theatre was founded by Mary Lindsey in 1934 and was originally known as the Peacock Players. It has since staged more than 350 productions. During recent years it has produced a seven to ten show season. The theatre is particularly well known for its one-act playwriting competition.

Located at 38.8013, -77.0469 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Alexandria Library, Virginia

Alexandria Library is the public library in Alexandria, Virginia U.S.A.. In 1794, Alexandria Library opened as a private lending library, calling itself Alexandria Library Company. In 1937, Dr. Robert South Barrett donated funds for a public library in memory of his mother, Dr. Kate Waller Barrett. The Society of Friends granted a 99-year lease for use of its old Quaker Burial Ground as its site.

Located at 38.8076, -77.0472 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Alexandria, Virginia)

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, in the Old Town area of Alexandria, Virginia, is a historic Episcopal church in the Anglican Communion. The church sanctuary, consecrated in 1818, was designed by Benjamin Latrobe, the second architect of the United States Capitol. It is one of the few buildings designed by Latrobe in a Gothic style and one of the earliest examples of Gothic Revival architecture in the United States. The church was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Located at 38.8031, -77.0453 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Torpedo Factory Art Center

The Torpedo Factory Art Center is an art center located on the waterfront of the Potomac River at 105 North Union Street in the Old Town of Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Historically it was a torpedo factory and munitions storage site. It houses more than 82 artists' studios, 6 galleries and two workshops, with some 165 professional visual artists who produce a diversity of artwork, ranging from painting, ceramics, photography, jewelry, stained glass, fiber, printmaking, and sculpture.

Located at 38.8047, -77.0397 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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USS Princeton Disaster of 1844

The USS Princeton Disaster of 1844 occurred on February 28 aboard the newly built USS Princeton when one of the ship's long guns, the "Peacemaker", then the world's longest naval gun, exploded during a display of the ship. Among the dead were Secretary of State Abel Upshur, Secretary of the Navy Thomas Gilmer and seven other people including David Gardiner, father of Julia Gardiner, the fiancée of President John Tyler. Twenty people were injured as well.

Located at 38.799, -77.04 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Appomattox (statue)

Appomattox is the name of a bronze statue that is positioned in the center of the intersection of South Washington Street and Prince Street in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, in the United States. It was created by sculptor M. Caspar Buberl and commissioned and erected by the Robert E. Lee camp of the United Confederate Veterans in 1889.

Located at 38.8039, -77.0472 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Robert E. Lee Boyhood Home

The Robert E. Lee Boyhood Home is an historic house at 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Virginia.

Located at 38.8096, -77.0453 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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