City Hall Weather Vane

Vintage Cupola

Old IACP Building on George Washington Memorial Parkway in Old Town, Alexandria, VA

Building in Flight

Old IACP Building on George Washington Memorial Parkway in Old Town, Alexandria, VA

Star Zoomed

Structural stars are not decorative in Old Town, Alexandria, VA; they hold the house together and come in all shapes, sizes and colors.

Brick Shadows

Steeple Tip

top of an Old Town church

Alexandria Star

Structural stars are not decorative in Old Town, Alexandria, VA; they hold the house together and come in all shapes, sizes and colors.

Old Town Street

Alexandria Wall

Structural stars are not decorative in Old Town, Alexandria, VA; they hold the house together and come in all shapes, sizes and colors.

Bricks and Star

Structural stars are not decorative in Old Town, Alexandria, VA; they hold the house together and come in all shapes, sizes and colors.

Star Struck

Structural stars are not decorative in Old Town, Alexandria, VA; they hold the house together and come in all shapes, sizes and colors.

Black & White Star

Structural stars are not decorative in Old Town, Alexandria, VA; they hold the house together and come in all shapes, sizes and colors.

Alexandria Steeple

Friendship Firehouse

Firehouse museum on St Alfred and King Street in Old Town, Alexandria VA Alexandria's first volunteer fire company established in 1774. The current firehouse was built in 1855 and houses a variety of historic firefighting equipment, including hand-drawn fire engines, leather water buckets, and sections of early rubber hose. The second-floor Meeting Room is furnished the way it was during the 19th century and is a window into Friendship's heyday as a community organization. Ceremonial objects are on display, including parade uniforms, caps, banners, and other regalia. In the 20th century, the members decided to make the firehouse into a "shrine" to George Washington, honoring him as Alexandria's greatest citizen.

Firehouse Weather Vane

Firehouse Sky

Firehouse museum on St Alfred and King Street in Old Town, Alexandria VA Alexandria's first volunteer fire company established in 1774. The current firehouse was built in 1855 and houses a variety of historic firefighting equipment, including hand-drawn fire engines, leather water buckets, and sections of early rubber hose. The second-floor Meeting Room is furnished the way it was during the 19th century and is a window into Friendship's heyday as a community organization. Ceremonial objects are on display, including parade uniforms, caps, banners, and other regalia. In the 20th century, the members decided to make the firehouse into a "shrine" to George Washington, honoring him as Alexandria's greatest citizen.

Star Angle

Structural stars are not decorative in Old Town, Alexandria, VA; they hold the house together and come in all shapes, sizes and colors.

Alexandria Front Door

Alexandria Bronze Star

Structural stars are not decorative in Old Town, Alexandria, VA; they hold the house together and come in all shapes, sizes and colors.

King Street Architecture

Carlyle House

The historic Carlyle House was completed in 1753 by British merchant John Carlyle for his bride, Sarah Fairfax of Belvoir, member of one of the most prestigious families in colonial Virginia. Their home quickly became a center of social and political life in Alexandria and gained a foothold in history when British General Braddock made the mansion his headquarters in 1755. Braddock summoned five colonial governors to meet there to plan the early campaigns of the French and Indian War. On the National Register of Historic Places, Carlyle House is architecturally unique in Alexandria as the only stone 18th-century mansion.

Starring Feature

Structural stars are not decorative in Old Town, Alexandria, VA; they hold the house together and come in all shapes, sizes and colors.

Weighting for a Fire

old counter weight system on a fire escape in historic Alexandria, VA

Winter View