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This house on the 900 block of Prince Street reminds me of something I would see in San Francisco.
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Shiloh Baptist Church on Duke St was founded in 1863 and this building dedicated in 1893. It was one of 10 black churches in Alexandria after the civil war to support the growing African American population. This building is now the youth center and the main church nearby.
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Today is the annual Old Town Arts and Crafts fair. Dozens of artisans with all sorts of handmade items for sale. We picked up a couple coffee mugs, metalwork item for the back yard, a couple candles, and lunch nearby. Beautiful day for the fair!
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I guess as long as the roots aren’t growing into the foundation, you just leave it alone…
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The Departmental Progressive Club sits at the corner of Gibbon and S Royal. It was created in 1927 by African American federal workers amidst harsh segregation laws in Virginia as a safe place for people of color to gather. They are still a strong community service organization today.
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It’s not just me, right? This house is leaning? Full disclosure, there is a slight hill on this stretch so that could skew perspective. But I’m as close to even horizon as possible and you can compare the gaps between the houses and see they’re not even. Yikes.
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This house on the corner of S Fairfax and Duke was supposedly a corner store from the mid-1800s until the 1950s. It’s now a private residence but still retains very store-like front windows.
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Old Town houses love their flower boxes and front benches (or sometimes a table and chairs).
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This house on South Pitt St has an amazing yard and looks cute from the outside. The Internet says it was built in 1920 and updated in the 80s. They have a walled yard and off street parking. Very posh.
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The City of Alexandria wrapped some of their busses and painted two of the crosswalks outside City Hall for Pride month! Today was Pride Fest at the Market Square and there will be events all month long. I love living in an area that is so inclusive!
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Virtue Feed & Grain is a restaurant on South Union Street bordering Wales Alley and has a nice view of the Potomac. The building was a feed house in the 1800s and is now a tasty restaurant serving a “modern American tavern menu”. Plan ahead on weekends!
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I couldn’t find anything online about this gate, so I don’t know if it’s historical or not. But it is right around the corner from a church…
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Many of the homes in Old Town have tiny little alleys to access the back yard. I love the variety of doors and gates people use to “hide” them.
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402 Wolfe on the left. 406 Wolfe on the right. 404 Wolfe, house not found. 😆
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This home on S Saint Asaph St is hidden behind others. They’ve been doing major work for several months. To sell or to live in? Time will tell. The Internet says it was built in 2000 and has almost 3500 sq ft. Plus off street parking probably makes this a pricey home.
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This house on Mt VernonAve in Del Ray has an awesome mural painted on the side.
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This ornate gate opens to the small alley between Inova Internal Medicine and Nerds To Go on S Washington St.
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Somebody has hung wire “paper airplanes” from the wires at the intersection of South Patrick St and Duke St.
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This house on South Pitt has a tiny model of itself in the front (see inset).
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This house is showing signs of age when you look closely: corners that aren’t square, sagging windows, lopsided shutters, etc.
