Uptown–Parker–Gray Historic District
Uptown-Parker–Gray Historic District | |
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| Location | Roughly Cameron St. north to 1st St. and N. Columbus St.; west to the following streets forming west line: Buchanan St. and N. West St., Alexandria, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°48′41″N 77°03′02″W / 38.81139°N 77.05056°W |
| Area | 201.6 acres (81.6 ha) |
| Architect | Banks & Lee Inc.; et al. |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 09001232[1] |
| VLR No. | 100-0133 |
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| Added to NRHP | January 12, 2010 |
| Designated VLR | June 19, 2008[2] |
Uptown–Parker–Gray Historic District is a national historic district located at Alexandria, Virginia. The district encompasses 984 contributing buildings in the northwestern quadrant of the Old Town Alexandria street grid as it was laid out in 1797. It mostly consists of small row houses and town houses, but there are also many commercial buildings. The buildings are representative of a number of popular 19th-century architectural styles including Greek Revival and Queen Anne. Also included are more than 200 units of public housing, built between the early 1940s and 1959 as Colonial Revival-style row houses.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
- ^ Terry Necciai, Arianna Drumond (July 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/100-0133 Uptown/Parker-Gray Historic District". and Accompanying map
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