Translate“Out of the Attic” is published each week in the Alexandria Times newspaper. The column began in 2007 as “Marking Time” and explored Alexandria’s history through collection items, historical images and architectural representations. Within the first year, it evolved into “Out of the Attic” and featured historical photographs of Alexandria. The column now focuses on a variety of historic topics.
These articles appear with the permission of the Alexandria Times and were authored on behalf of the Office of Historic Alexandria by Amy Bertsch, Public Information Officer (2007-2012), Lance Mallamo, Director (2012 - 2017), and by Daniel Lee, Historian, and other staff (2017 - present).
Click on the column headers to sort the list, or enter any term in the search box.
| Publication Date | Title | Street Address | Property Name | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/03/30 | Vola Lawson: Alexandria's modern City manager | Women's history, city government, Parkfairfax | ||
| 2023/03/23 | "A League of Their Own’ in Alexandria | Monroe St | Simpson Field | Women's history, baseball, sports |
| 2023/03/16 | Alexandria and the Silent Sentinels | Women's History, Suffragists, National Women's Party, Occoquan Workhouse | ||
| 2023/03/09 | Lillie Finklea: modern Alexandria preservationist | Washington St, S, 1001 | Contraband and Freedmens Cemetery | Preservation, cemetery, African American history, Women's History |
| 2023/03/02 | Nursing education at Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria Infirmary | Health, hospital, nursing, Women's History | |
| 2023/02/23 | Alexandria Black History Museum reopens | Wythe St, 902 | Alexandria Black History Museum | African American history |
| 2023/02/16 | African American history in the 800 block of Duke Street | Duke St, 800 | Annie B. Rose, African American history | |
| 2023/02/09 | Cornerstone rededication at G.W. Masonic Memorial | Callahan Dr, 101 | George Washington Masonic National Memorial | National Historic Landmark, Masons |
| 2023/02/02 | African American heritage along the waterfront | Waterfront | African American history, heritage trail, signage | |
| 2023/01/26 | The fastest sport on ice | Potomac River | Winter sports, ice boat racing, frozen river | |
| 2023/01/19 | Alexandria War Memorial Updated | Callahan Dr, 110 | Alexandria Union Station | World War I, African American history, military history |
| 2023/01/12 | Martin Luther King Day in Alexandria | African American history, Martin Luther King, holiday | ||
| 2023/01/05 | Ice Wells in Alexandria | Royal St, N 134 | Gadsby's Tavern | Ice |
| 2022/12/22 | Christmas and Camp | Braddock Rd, W, 4301 | Fort Ward | Christmas, Thomas Nast |
| 2022/12/15 | Freedom House Museum: A treasure worth visiting | Duke St, 1315 | Freedom House Museum | Save America's Treasures grant, Alexandria Slave Penn, Franklin and Armfield, historic preservation |
| 2022/12/08 | Kwanzaa: Celebrating cultural identity and principles | Kwanzaa, holiday, African American | ||
| 2022/12/01 | Signor Blitz at The Lyceum | Washington St, S, 201 | The Lyceum | Magic, Entertainment |
| 2022/11/24 | Thanksgiving in 1853 | Holidays | ||
| 2022/11/17 | The return of cider | Virginia Cider Week | ||
| 2022/11/10 | “Sister” Elizabeth Kenny: Veteran, bush nurse, pioneer | Nursing, polio, vaccine, physical therapy | ||
| 2022/11/03 | An early civil rights petition | Civil War, African American history, cemetery | ||
| 2022/10/27 | The Bicentennial Project: A collection of ghost stories | Ghost stories, Halloween, Bicentennial | ||
| 2022/10/20 | Preserving Privies | Historic Preservation, Archaeology | ||
| 2022/10/13 | Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: Tenants and Workers United | Tenants and Workers United, Arlandria-Chirilagua, Hispanic Heritage Month | ||
| 2022/10/06 | Robert Prettyman and the Friendship Firehouse's hose carriage | St. Asaph St, S, 107 | Friendship Firehouse Museum | Hose reel carriage, Fire Prevention |
| 2022/09/22 | Hope and remembrance in Alexandria | African American History, ACRP | ||
| 2022/09/15 | Alexandria and the Constitution | History, Constitution | ||
| 2022/09/08 | Pushing back against D.C. Rule | History, retrocession | ||
| 2022/09/01 | Alexandria's other labor titan | Women's history, labor history | ||
| 2022/08/25 | Connecting with history | EJI, ACRP, Alexandria Community Remembrance Project, Equal Justice Initiative, McCoy, Thomas, lynching, pilgrimage | ||
| 2022/08/18 | Samuel Tucker's 1939 library sit-in | Wythe St., 902 | Alexandria Black History Museum | Robinson Library, Samuel Tucker, 1939 Sit-in, Civil Rights, African American history |
| 2022/08/11 | Making archaeology accessible | Union St, N, 105 | Alexandria Archaeology Museum | privies, stewardship, documentation, sinkhole |
| 2022/08/04 | Alexandria’s suction pumper fire engine | Alfred St, S, 107 | Friendship Firehouse Museum | Friendship Firehouse, Firefighting, conservation |
| 2022/07/28 | Benjamin Thomas Was Innocent | Lynching, African American history | ||
| 2022/07/21 | GW High School: Now a state landmark | Commonwealth Ave, 1520 | GW High School | Education, segregation, National Register |
| 2022/07/14 | Alexandria and the Marquis | St Asaph St, S, 301 | Lafayette House | Marquis de Lafayette |
| 2022/07/07 | Spring Gardens and Alexandria (Part II) | Spring Gardens | Entertainment | |
| 2022/06/30 | Spring Gardens and Alexandria’s First July 4th Celebration | Spring Gardens | Entertainment, Independence Day | |
| 2022/06/23 | Rev. Pauli Murray and her ties to Alexandria | LGBTQ+, gender equality, Civil Rights, African American history, Virginia Theological Seminary, women's history, National Organization for Women | ||
| 2022/06/16 | Juneteenth: A celebration 154 years in the making | Juneteenth, African American History | ||
| 2022/06/09 | Alexandria and the Star Spangled Banner | Flag | ||
| 2022/06/02 | Alexandria's Sister City Caen | Caen, Normandy, D-Day, World War II | ||
| 2022/05/26 | Caring for Alexandria's merchant fleet | Historic Preservation Month, historic ships, waterfront, Ben Brenman Park, | ||
| 2022/05/19 | Freedom House Museum to reopen | Duke St, 1315 | Freedom House Museum | Historic Preservation Month, African American history |
| 2022/05/12 | Murray-Dick-Fawcett House at 250 | Prince St, 517 | Murray-Dick-Fawcett House | Historic Preservation Month, Murray-Dick-Fawcett |
| 2022/05/05 | Celebrating Historic Preservation Month in Alexandria | Historic Preservation Month, Friendship, Murray-Dick-Fawcett, Archaeology, ships | ||
| 2022/04/28 | Preservation easements: The Lord Fairfax House | Cameron St, 607 | Lord Fairfax House | Historic Preservations, easements, city commissions |
| 2022/04/21 | Lynching of McCoy Condoned By Alexandrians | Lynching, Joseph McCoy, African American history | ||
| 2022/04/14 | 'Alexandria Hospital: Women Mobilize the Community' | Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria Hospital, Julia Johns, Board of Lady Managers, TWIG, exhibition | |
| 2022/04/07 | Alexandria's early social net | Monroe Ave, 100 block | Almshouse | Soup house, social services, poor |
| 2022/03/24 | A woman ahead of her time | Barrett Library | Kate Waller Barrett | |
| 2022/03/17 | Women fundraise for healthcare | Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria Hospital, Julia Johns, Board of Lady Managers | |
| 2022/03/10 | The needlework sampler in women's history | Washington St., S, 201 | Alexandria History Museum at The Lyceum | museum collection, embroidery, women's history, Mary Muir sampler |
| 2022/03/03 | Education Pioneer Sarah A. Gray | African American, education, women's history, Parker-Gray School, Hallowell School | ||
| 2022/02/24 | John R. Bell: Chief steward of the USS Maine | African American, military, naval | ||
| 2022/02/17 | Ferdinand T. Day: A remarkable Alexandrian | African American, education, Living Legends | ||
| 2022/02/10 | Celebrating African American Olympians | African American, sports | ||
| 2022/02/03 | The founder of Virginia's Black History Month | Carter Woodson, African American | ||
| 2022/01/27 | Alexandria's first street light: part 2 | Electric street lights, infrastructure, Portner Brewery | ||
| 2022/01/20 | Alexandria's first electric street lights | Electric street lights, infrastructure | ||
| 2022/01/13 | The MLK - Moss Kendrix Connection | African American, public relations, museum collection | ||
| 2022/01/06 | The Knickerbocker Storm of 1922 | Snow, natural disasters | ||
| 2021/12/16 | Christmas of the 1880s and 90s in Alexandria | Christmas | ||
| 2021/12/09 | The history of Kwanzaa | Kwanzaa, African American | ||
| 2021/12/02 | Virginia’s Restored Government and Alexandria | Cameron St at Royal | Civil War, historic marker | |
| 2021/11/25 | Virginia’s first Thanksgiving | Thanksgiving | ||
| 2021/11/18 | Alexandria and Bakeries | Lee St, S | ||
| 2021/11/11 | The Alexandria Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial | Callahan Dr, 110 | Alexandria Union Station | World War I, historic marker |
| 2021/11/04 | Alexandria's first African American mayoral candidate | African American history, politics, mayor, city council | ||
| 2021/10/28 | The Alexandria Dukes, part 2 | Baseball | ||
| 2021/10/21 | Alexandria Archaeology: a study in urban archaeology | Alexandria Archaeology Museum | Virginia Archaeology Month, archaeobotany, Hotel Indigo Site, ship | |
| 2021/10/07 | The Alexandria Dukes, part 1 | Baseball | ||
| 2021/09/30 | The power of neighboring in Chirilagua | Chirilagua | Hispanic Heritage Month, Arlandria | |
| 2021/09/23 | Domingo Sarmiento's visit to Washington | Domingo Sarmiento, education, Hispanic Heritage Month, Argentina, Chile, Latin America | ||
| 2021/09/09 | Willard Scott and Alexandria | Entertainment, news, celebrity | ||
| 2021/09/02 | Benjamin Hallowell: Early Alexandria educator | Education, abolitionist, Lyceum, Lloyd House | ||
| 2021/08/26 | New marker dedicated to Suffragists | St. Asaph, S, at Prince | Suffragists, Alexandria Heritage Trail marker | |
| 2021/08/19 | Alexandria and iron working | Royal St, S, 500 | Alexandria Iron Works | Industry, Jamieson, |
| 2021/08/12 | The steamboat race of 1875 | Steamboat, transportation, Potomac | ||
| 2021/07/29 | Gladys Davis: a life of service to Alexandria | Wythe Street, 902 | Robinson Library | Alexandria Public Library, segregation, African American history, Alexandria Black History Museum |
| 2021/07/22 | The first city pools | Swimming pools, recreation, segregation | ||
| 2021/07/15 | The schooner 'Enterprise' | Shipping, trade, waterfront | ||
| 2021/07/08 | Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial | Washington St, S, 1001 | Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial | American Civil Rights Network, African American history, USCT |
| 2021/07/01 | Reflecting on the National Anthem | Independence Day, 4th of July, John Gadsby | ||
| 2021/06/24 | Mapping gay space in Northern Virginia | Gay Guides, LGTBQ+, Pride Month | ||
| 2021/06/17 | Juneteenth in Alexandria | Juneteenth, African American history | ||
| 2021/06/10 | Early Alexandria and refrigeration | Royal St, N 134 | Gadsby's Tavern | summer, John Wise, City Tavern, ice well, ice cream |
| 2021/06/03 | "Female Impersonators" entertain at the Capitol Theatre | Queen St, 1101 | Capitol Theatre | African American theatre, LGBTQ+ |
| 2021/05/27 | From Grantville to Petersburg to The Berg | African American neighborhood, The Berg. Earl Lloyd | ||
| 2021/05/20 | Uptown: From 1796 Platt to National Historic District | African American neighborhood, Uptown, Parker-Gray Historic District | ||
| 2021/05/13 | 'Colored Rosemont' | African American neighborhood, Colored Rosemont, Lincoln Lodge, 1352 Madison St | ||
| 2021/05/06 | The Fort: Out of the Civil War and back again | Braddock Rd, W, 4301 | Fort Ward Museum and Historic Park | African American neighborhood, The Fort |
| 2021/04/29 | Hayti: One of Alexandria's first African American neighborhoods | Royal St, S | African American neighborhood, Hayti, George Seaton | |
| 2021/04/15 | Alexandria's first vaccine drive | Public Health, vaccination, rabies | ||
| 2021/04/08 | The forgotten ubiquity of the Zouaves | Civil War | ||
| 2021/04/01 | The first Daylight Savings Time | |||
| 2021/03/25 | Women’s History Month and preserving historic Alexandria | Annie B. Rose, Rebecca Ramsey Reese, Women's history, historic preservation | ||
| 2021/03/18 | Oral Histories during Women's History Month | Oral History, Women's history | ||
| 2021/03/11 | Hannah Griffith: the making of a businesswoman (Part II) | Royal St, N 134 | Gadsby's Tavern Museum | Women's history, Alexandria Coffee-House |
| 2021/03/04 | Hannah Griffith: the making of a businesswoman (Part I) | Royal St, N, 134 | Gadsby's Tavern Museum | Women's history, Alexandria Coffee-House, "deputy husband" |
| 2021/02/25 |
Preserving the present: Documenting the City's response to the killing of George Floyd |
Wythe St, 902 | Alexandria Black History Museum | African American, racial equity, Black Lives Remembered Collection, George Floyd, Black Lives Matter, Historic Alexandria Collections Online |
| 2021/02/18 | A jolly evening with the general at Duvall's Tavern | Cameron St, 305 | Duvall's Tavern | George Washington |
| 2021/02/11 | Celebrating an Alexandria Legacy: Ben Holt | Wythe St, 902 | Alexandria Black History Museum | African American musician, opera, Black History Month, museum collection |
| 2021/02/04 | Travel guides for safe motoring | Wythe St, 902 | Alexandria Black History Museum | Green Book, Moss Kendrix, African American, tourism, museum collection, Black History Month |
| 2021/01/28 | The presidents and the George Washington Masonic Memorial | Callahan Dr, 101 | George Washington Masonic National Memorial | Calvin Coolidge |
| 2021/01/21 | The day the grandstand collapsed on a U.S. president | Rutherford B. Hayes, Birthnight | ||
| 2021/01/14 | The Moss Kendrix Collection at the Black History Museum | Wythe St, 902 | Alexandria Black History Museum | Moss Kendrix, advertising, archives, conservation |
| 2021/01/07 | From Alexandria to the White House | Crown View Drive, 514 | Gerald R. Ford House | Gerald Ford, Betty Ford, president |
| 2020/12/24 | Commercialization of Christmas in Alexandria | Holiday, Alexandria Gazette | ||
| 2020/12/17 | Advent and Alexandria | Advent, Christmas, holidays | ||
| 2020/12/10 | Hanukkah in 20th Century Alexandria | Hanukkah, holidays, Jewish | ||
| 2020/11/26 | Thanksgiving's grudging acceptance in Alexandria | Thanksgiving | ||
| 2020/11/19 | Popular science, fall weather and Alexandria | weather, barometers, Gazette, Lardner | ||
| 2020/11/12 | Alexandria's uneven relationship with baseball | King St , at Harvard St | Baggett Stadium | Civil War, sports |
| 2020/11/05 | The Veterans Reserve Corps | Braddock Rd, W, 4301 | Fort Ward Museum and Historic Park | Invalid Corps, Union Army, Civil War |
| 2020/10/22 | Pharmacy and the Stabler family | Fairfax St, S. 105-7 | Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum | Pharmacy, business, Stabler, Hartshorne |
| 2020/10/15 | A closer look at the Black Baptist Cemetery | Holland Lane, 500 | African American Heritage Park | African American, cemetery, Shiloh, Mann |
| 2020/10/08 | Fire Prevention Week and Alexandria | Alfred St, S, 107 | Friendship Firehouse Museum | NFPA, fire fighting, City Hall |
| 2020/10/01 | An Introduction to Casa Chirilagua -- Part 2 | Case Chirilagua | El Salvador, Chirilagua, Arlandria | |
| 2020/09/24 | An introduction to Casa Chirilagua | Casa Chirilagua | El Salvador, Chirilagua, Arlandria | |
| 2020/09/17 | City Hall's last century | King St, 301 | City Hall | Architecture, renovation |
| 2020/08/27 | The student-athletes of Parker-Gray High School | Madison St, 1207 | Parker-Gray School | African American education, segregation, athletes, basketball, Alexandria African American Hall of Fame |
| 2020/08/20 | Parker-Gray schools: elementary, middle and high (part 2) | Madison St, 1207 | Parker-Gray School | African American education, segregation |
| 2020/08/13 | Parker-Gray schools: elementary, middle and high (part 1) | Madison St, 1207 | Parker-Gray School | African American education, segregation |
| 2020/08/06 | Benjamin Thomas and Emmett Till | African American, Benjamin Thomas, Emmett Till, lynching, Equal Justice Initiative, racial equity, by Percy White | ||
| 2020/07/30 | The Lyceum, Reopened Again | Washington St, S, 201 | Alexandria History Museum at The Lyceum | Lyceum, renovations |
| 2020/07/23 | Civil War PPE | Civil War, armored vest | ||
| 2020/07/16 | The early days of bicycles in Alexandria | Bicycles, bike, recreation, transportation, clothing, advertisements, Alexandria Gazette | ||
| 2020/07/09 | Alexandria's first museum | King St, 301 | City Hall | Alexandria Washington Lodge, masonic, museum, Lyceum |
| 2020/07/02 | The French Quarter Cafe | King St, 808 | The French Quarter Cafe | LGBTQ, liquor laws, lawsuit |
| 2020/06/25 | The remarkable visibility of Hannah Nokes | Transgender woman, African American, LGBTQ | ||
| 2020/06/18 | The Appomattox | Washington St, S at Prince | Civil War, Confederate statue, United Daughters of the Confederacy | |
| 2020/06/11 | The proud Alexandria resident | Bruce Scott, LGBTQ, Pride Month, labor law | ||
| 2020/05/28 | Parkfairfax: Alexandria's other 1940s treasure | Parkfairfax | Nixon, Ford, National Historic District | |
| 2020/05/21 | The Ramsey Homes: The two stories | Wythe St | Ramsey Homes | Public housing, African American Defense Workers, Fabcrete |
| 2020/05/14 | Two superstar architects and their buildings | Union St., S; Quaker Lane N 514 | Ford Plant, Goodman home | Albert Kahn, Charles Goodman |
| 2020/05/07 | The 'Green Book' in Alexandria | Gibbon St, 724 and 803 | J.T. Homes Tourist Home; J.A. Barrett Tourist Home | Green Book, segregation, travel, African American history |
| 2020/04/30 | The Robert H. Robinson Library | Wythe St, 902 | Alexandria Black History Museum | Library, Civil Rights, Segregation, African American History |
| 2020/04/23 | Alexandria's first documented lynching | Cameron and Lee streets | African American history, Equal Justice Initiative, Alexandria Community Remembrance Project, Joseph McCoy, lynching | |
| 2020/04/16 | Alexandria's early public transportation | Alexandria Passenger Railway company, horse-drawn cars, public transportation | ||
| 2020/04/09 | The Freedom House Museum | Duke St, 1315 | Freedom House Museum | Slave Pen, Franklin & Armfield, African-American History, Historic Preservation |
| 2020/04/02 | 'Wrought, Knit, Labors, Legacies' | King St | Waterfront Park | Art, sculpture, African American |
| 2020/03/26 | #HistoricALX2U | Education, activities, at home | ||
| 2020/03/19 | St. Patrick's Day in Alexandria | Irish, parade, celebration | ||
| 2020/03/12 | Annie B. Rose served where needed | Annie B. Rose, African American, civic leader | ||
| 2020/03/05 | Honoring women of the Civil War | Civil War, women, soldiers, Red Cross, | ||
| 2020/02/27 | George Washington's Birthday in Alexandria | Holiday, George Washington, Celebration | ||
| 2020/02/20 | Parker-Gray's NBA pioneer | African American, Earl Lloyd, Basketball | ||
| 2020/02/13 | Alexandria celebrates George Washington | Celebration, George Washington, parade, Gadsby's Tavern | ||
| 2020/02/06 | Moss Kendrix: pioneer, trailblazer, visionary | African American business, advertising | ||
| 2020/01/30 | Alexandria's postmaster and the American West | Nicolas Trist, postmaster, Westward expansion | ||
| 2020/01/23 | MLK Day is a day on not a day off | Martin Luther King, Jr., Lillian Patterson, Gwen Day-Fuller | ||
| 2020/01/16 | The George Washington Memorial Parkway | Washington St | The George Washington Memorial Parkway | Transportation, highways |
| 2020/01/09 | The bright lights of Alexandria, continued | Mount Vernon Ave, 1005 | George Washington High School Stadium | President Kennedy, campaign rally |
| 2020/01/02 | The bright lights of Alexandria | Mount Vernon Ave, 1005 | George Washington High School Stadium | Joe Namath, Kena Temple Shriner's Circus |
| 2019/12/19 | The Germans of Alexandria: part two | King St, 518-524 | German immigration, Lutherans, Jews, Adam Lynn, Isaac Schwartz | |
| 2019/12/12 | The history of Kwanzaa | Kwanzaa, holiday | ||
| 2019/12/05 | Saint Nicholas and German immigration to Alexandria | King St, 522-524 | German immigration, Christmas | |
| 2019/11/21 | Thanksgiving in Early Alexandria | Thanksgiving, holiday | ||
| 2019/11/14 | Alexandria and Cider | Cider Festival | ||
| 2019/11/07 | Civil War veteran's organizations | Braddock Rd, W, 4301 | Fort Ward Museum and Historic Park | Civil War, Grand Army of the Potomac, United Confederate Veterans |
| 2019/10/31 | That Pitt Street ghost again | Pitt St, S 228 | St. Paul's Churchyard | Female Stranger, ghosts, Gadsby's Tavern |
| 2019/10/24 | A long history of healthcare firsts | Washington St, S, 277 | Alexandria Hospital | Health, hospital |
| 2019/10/17 | The Alexandria Stoneware Manufactory | Wilkes St, 601 | Wilkes Street Pottery | Swann, Milburn, Smith, manufacturing, Jarbour |
| 2019/10/10 | The Sun Fire Company | Fire fighting, Friendship Fire Company | ||
| 2019/10/03 | Julio Duran: The role of Impacto | Hispanic Heritage Month, publisher | ||
| 2019/09/26 | The Mount Vernon Cotton Factory, cont. | Washington St, S, 515 | Mount Vernon Cotton Factory | Factory, industry, prohibition, Portner's Brewery |
| 2019/09/19 | The Mount Vernon Cotton Factory | Washington St, S, 515 | Mount Vernon Cotton Factory | Factory, industry, Civil War |
| 2019/09/12 | The day the hurricane came to Alexandria | Weather, storm, disaster, Cedar Keys Hurricane, Third Baptist Church, 124 S. Fairfax St, 1896. | ||
| 2019/09/05 | All aboard at Alexandria Union Station | Callahan Dr, 110 | Alexandria Union Station | Railroad, transportation, historic preservation Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, Southern Railway and Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad. |
| 2019/08/29 | Alexandria's role in the labor movement | Oronoco St, 614 | Lee-Fendall House | John L. Lewis, AFL/CIO, labor, strike |
| 2019/08/22 | Before there was a Target at Potomac Yard | Potomac Yard | Alexandria and Washington Railroad, Transportation, Civil War | |
| 2019/08/08 | The Equal Justice Initiative in Alexandria | African American history, lynchings, Equal Justice Initiative, Joseph McCoy, Benjamin Thomas | ||
| 2019/08/01 | Alexandria and ice cream | Gadsby's Tavern Museum Ice Well, Louis Beeler, Christian Schafer, Brengle's Ice Cream Saloon, Bossart's Ice Cream Saloon | ||
| 2019/07/25 | Above the Apothecary: What the customers didn't see | Fairfax St, S, 105-107 | Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum | Pharmacy, historic preservation |
| 2019/07/18 | A look back at Alexandria's 200th birthday celebration | Union St, S, 501 | Windmill Hill Park | Commemorations, Bicentennial, theatre, theater |
| 2019/07/04 | Alexandria's July 4 celebrations | Warwick Village, Independence Day, Frank Hume | ||
| 2019/06/27 | Alexandria's Emancipation Day celebrations | Magnus L. Robinson, Juneteenth, African American, Black History | ||
| 2019/06/20 | Sullivan's Miracle Concrete Block Press | Alexandria Ave, E, 205 | Construction, residential, Del Ray, Slaymaker | |
| 2019/06/13 | The Rodgers Suction Engine | Alfred St, S, 107 | Friendship Firehouse Museum | Firefighting equipment |
| 2019/06/06 | Alexandria's Sister City Caen | D-Day, Normandy, France | ||
| 2019/05/30 | Prism, Prism: Light through a lens | Washington St, S, 201 | Alexandria History Museum at The Lyceum | Jones Point Lighthouse, Fresnel Lens |
| 2019/05/23 | A local family's involvement with Friendship Firehouse | Alfred St, S, 107 | Friendship Firehouse Museum | E.E. Downham, Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Company, firefighting |
| 2019/05/16 | Historic Easements in Alexandria | Alexandria Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission | ||
| 2019/05/09 | The history behind Alexandria's Freedom House | Duke St, 1315 | Freedom House Museum | African American, Slave Pen |
| 2019/05/02 | If walls could talk | Prince St, 517 | Murray-Dick-Fawcett House | Historic Preservation |
| 2019/04/25 | Alexandria's Union Station, a historic hub | Callahan Drive, 110 | Alexandria Union Station | Transportation, Railroad, National Register |
| 2019/04/18 | Powerful labor leader lived in Alexandria | Oronoco St, 614 | Lee-Fendall House | John Lewis, United Mine Workers of America |
| 2019/04/11 | Phrenology at Lyceum Hall | Washington St, S, 201 | Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum | Phineas T. Buell, Nelson Sizer, lectures, The Lyceum Company |
| 2019/04/04 | The 1858 Prettyman hose reel carriage | Alfred St, S, 107 | Friendship Firehouse Museum | Firefighting, conservation |
| 2019/03/28 | King St and Commonwealth | Baggett's Field | Baseball, recreation | |
| 2019/03/21 | Alexandria's first woman registered voter | Prince St, 907 | Women's History, vote, suffrage, Dolly Peyton Shepperson | |
| 2019/03/14 | Remembering two Alexandria trailblazers | Women's History, Vola Lawson, Patsy Ticer | ||
| 2019/03/07 | Virginia’s first Prince Hall Masonic Lodge | Oxford Ave, E | Prince Hall Masonic Lodge | African-American history, Hayti, S. Royal Street |
| 2019/02/28 | Remembering Eudora Lyles | Fayette St, N | Parker-Gray High School, Inner-City Civic Association, urban renewal, housing issues, African-American history | |
| 2019/02/21 | Columbia Firehouse | St. Asaph St, S, 109 | Columbia Firehouse | Fire fighting |
| 2019/02/14 | Samuel Tucker's 1939 library sit-in | Wythe St, 902 | Alexandria Black History Museum | Robinson Library, Samuel Tucker, 1939 Sit-in, Civil Rights, African American history |
| 2019/02/07 | The tradition of George Washington's Birthnight Ball | Royal St, N, 134 | Gadsby's Tavern Museum | George Washington, Birthnight Ball, dancing, entertainment |
| 2019/01/31 | Alexandria was part of the sordid history of lynchings | Alexandria Black History Museum | African American history, lynchings, EJI, Equal Justice Initiative, Joseph McCoy, Benjamin Thomas | |
| 2019/01/24 | Novelty and attractions at the Lyceum | Washington St, S, 201 | Alexandria History Museum at The Lyceum | Magicians |
| 2019/01/17 | Martin Luther King Day: Past to present | Wythe St, 902 | Alexandria Black History Museum | Martin Luther King |
| 2019/01/10 | The Alexandria Post Office: A history of more than stamps | Post office, Postmaster Daniel Bryan | ||
| 2019/01/03 | The romance of a stamp | Prince St, 517 | Murray-Dick-Fawcett House | Philately, postage, James Wallace Hooff, Janett Brown |
| 2018/12/20 | Christmas and the Civil War | Christmas, Civil War, Harper's Weekly | ||
| 2018/12/13 | The Alexandria-Scotland Connection | Scotland, Dundee, Sister Cities | ||
| 2018/12/06 | "Our Alexandria" dollhouse collection offers glimpse at black history | Alexandria Black History Museum | Dollhouses, black history | |
| 2018/11/29 | More about early movie theaters in Alexandria | Reed, Ingomar, Shirley-Duke, Foxchase, movies, cinema, theater | ||
| 2018/11/22 | Moving pictures in Alexandria: the early years | Reed, Ingomar, Nicholodeon, Richmond, movies, cinema, theater | ||
| 2018/11/15 | Early Thanksgiving in Alexandria | Thanksgiving | ||
| 2018/11/08 | An Alexandrian in France at the end of the Great War | World War I, Anna Lewis Jones, American Red Cross, nurse, Christmas | ||
| 2018/11/01 | The orphaned "doughboy" who found a home in Alexandria | World War I, Joseph Koffler, Jewish soldier, Koffler's Market, 529 Oronoco Street | ||
| 2018/10/25 | The Great Fire of Alexandria | Royal St, S | Green's Furniture Factory | Fire fighting, 1827 |
| 2018/10/18 | Pitt St, S, 228 | St. Paul's Churchyard | Female Stranger, ghosts, Gadsby's Tavern | |
| 2018/10/11 | Leadbeater Drug Corporation was a family business | Fairfax St, S, 105-107 | Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum | Apothecary, pharmacy, John Leadbeater |
| 2018/10/04 | October is Archaeology Month | Archaeology, ships, waterfront | ||
| 2018/09/27 | The day that shook Alexandria | Earthquakes | ||
| 2018/09/20 | An early history of Alexandria's Waterfront | The Waterfront | Prehistory, waterfront | |
| 2018/09/13 | Washington St, S, 201 | Alexandria History Museum at The Lyceum | Lyceum Hall, Music, Hutchinson Family | |
| 2018/09/06 | Washington St, S, 201 | Alexandria History Museum at The Lyceum | The Lyceum Company, Lectures, travel | |
| 2018/08/30 | Weather observations at the Alexandria Museum | King St, 301 | Market Square | Alexandria museum, Mountford, Market Hall, weather |
| 2018/08/23 | A colonial garden: one-stop shopping | Fairfax St, S, 121 | Carlyle House | Gardens, Carlyle House |
| 2018/08/16 | Alexandria's electric railway | Transportation, railroad, Mount Vernon | ||
| 2018/08/09 | Collingwood Beach: an early African American resort | Collingwood Beach | Frederick Douglass, African American, recreation | |
| 2018/08/02 | Look Sharp: Uniforms of the Friendship Fire Company | Alfred St, S, 107 | Friendship Firehouse Museum | Fire company, uniforms |
| 2018/07/26 | A park fit for a president | George Washington Park | Shuter's Hill, George Washington Masonic National Memorial, President Taft | |
| 2018/07/19 | Wayne's three sisters | Wayne Ave, 1405-1409 | Cottage Park | Del Ray, residential |
| 2018/07/12 | Get to know Del Ray | Mount Vernon Ave, 2000-2008 | John Carpenter's Stores | Commercial, business |
| 2018/07/05 | Jefferson, Hamilton and an Alexandria overnight stay | Royal St, N, 134 | Gadsby's Tavern Museum | Thomas Jefferson, City Hotel |
| 2018/06/28 | Pistols and dressing gowns | Dueling, John Gadsby, John Randolph, Henry Clay | ||
| 2018/06/21 | Virginia barbecue: a slice of history | Barbecue, food | ||
| 2018/06/14 | Fort Ward: Preserving a local landmark | Braddock Rd, W, 4301 | Fort Ward Museum and Historic Park | Fort Ward, historic preservation |
| 2018/05/31 | Caring for masonry buildings | Masonry, historic preservation, building techniques | ||
| 2018/05/24 | Historic Alexandria, brick by brick | Masonry, historic preservation, building techniques | ||
| 2018/05/10 | Our national historic landmarks | Christ Church, Gadsby's Tavern, George Washington Masonic National Memorial, Franklin and Armfield Office, Freedom House Museum, Gerald Ford House, historic preservation, Old Town | ||
| 2018/05/03 | National Register historic districts in Alexandria | Historic Districts, Historic Preservation, Rosemont, Fairlington, Parkfairfax, Old Town, Old and Historic District, Uptown/Parker-Gray, Town of Potomac | ||
| 2018/04/26 | Sprucing up The Lyceum | Washington St, S, 201 | Alexandria History Museum at The Lyceum | Renovation, historic preservation |
| 2018/04/18 | Women performing at The Lyceum | Washington St, S, 201 | Alexandria History Museum at The Lyceum | Entertainment, women, musicians |
| 2018/04/12 | Play ball: Evidence of baseball in 19th-century Alexandria | King St, 300 and 500 blocks | Baseball, archaeology | |
| 2018/04/05 | The saga of Belle the Houdini fire horse | Relief Hook and Ladder company, fire fighting, fire company | ||
| 2018/03/29 | Matriarchal Mysteries: The Carlyle House | Fairfax St, N, 121 | Carlyle House | Sarah "Sally" Fairfax, African-American |
| 2018/03/22 | Julia Wheelock: teacher, sister, nurse, author | Washington St, S, 201 | Alexandria History Museum at The Lyceum | Civil War hospital, women's history |
| 2018/03/15 | Reese led early preservation efforts | Royal St, N, 134 | Gadsby's Tavern Museum | Historic preservation, Gadsby's Tavern Museum, Ramsay House, Christ Church, Old Presbyterian Meeting House, Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum, Rebecca Ramsay Reese, women's history |
| 2018/03/08 | "Nation's first woman lawyer" lived in Alexandria | Margaret Brent, women's history | ||
| 2018/03/01 | African American, sports, football, medicine | |||
| 2018/02/22 | The Washington Birthnight Ball, for George in Perpetuity | Royal St, N, 134 | Gadsby's Tavern Museum | George Washington, Birthnight Ball |
| 2018/02/15 | Origins of an Alexandria Tradition | Royal St, N, 134 | Gadsby's Tavern Museum | George Washington, Birthnight Ball |
| 2018/02/08 | Alexandria's Own: Magnus Robinson | Black History, African American, education, The National Leader, The Weekly Leader | ||
| 2018/02/01 | The Presidents' Day storm of 1979 | Storm, Snow | ||
| 2018/01/25 | Alexandria's ice well was a cutting edge amenity | Royal St, N, 134 | Gadsby's Tavern Museum | Ice, City Tavern |
| 2018/01/18 | Thomas Jefferson's 1801 Inauguration | Royal St, N,134 | Gadsby's Tavern Museum | Charles Simms |
| 2018/01/11 | The history behind celebrating MLK in Alexandria | Wythe St, 902 | Alexandria Black History Museum | Martin Luther King, Jr; African American, Black History Month |
| 2018/01/04 | Alexandria Canal culvert | St Asaph St, N ,900 block | Alexandria Canal | Spa Spring, canal |
| 2017/12/21 | A Christmas evolution | Christmas, advertising, commerce | ||
| 2017/12/14 | A look back at Christmas in the 1920s | Christmas | ||
| 2017/11/16 | The origins of the Dixie Pig restaurant | Powhatan St | Dixie Pig | Restaurant |
| 2017/11/09 | The origins of Alexandria | John Alexander, Belhaven | ||
| 2017/10/26 | When Old Town had numerous factories | Queen St, N, 200 block | Field Lumber Yard | factory, business |
| 2017/10/19 | Flooding in Alexandria, Past and Present | Potomac River | flood, storm, disaster, Hunting Creek, waterfront | |
| 2017/09/28 | Soldiers Rest compound formed a small Civil War city | Duke St and Fayette St | Soldiers' Rest | Civil War |
| 2017/09/21 | Mount Ida property served as residence, convent and school | Russell Rd | Mt Ida | Housing convent, school, education |
| 2017/09/14 | Carr's innovations at Yates Gardens | Royal St, S | Yates Gardens | Housing, architecture, Carr, development |
| 2017/08/31 | Interior influences at Yates Gardens | Royal St, S | Yates Gardens | Housing, architecture, Carr, development, interior design |
| 2017/08/24 | Yates Gardens developer was a typesetter turned builder | Royal St, S | Yates Gardens | Housing, architecture, Carr, development |
| 2017/08/17 | Yates Gardens design and cohesiveness were carefully planned | Royal St, S | Yates Gardens | Housing, architecture, Carr, development |
| 2017/08/10 | Yates Gardens dates to Yeates the gardener | Royal St, S | Yates Gardens | Housing, gardens, Civil War, development |
| 2017/07/27 | Robert Townsend Hooe Warehouse and Store | Duke St, 2 | Hooe Warehouse | Robinson Terminal South, archaeology |
| 2017/07/13 | Athenaeum has a long and varied history | Prince St, 201 | Athenaeum | Bank of the Old Dominion, Civil War hospital |
| 2017/07/06 | The discovery on Gibbon Street | Gibbon St at S Pitt St | Municipal fire well, cistern, water pump | |
| 2017/06/29 | Janney's invention saved lives of rail yard workers | Eli Janney, rail yard | ||
| 2017/06/15 | Ramsay House finally becomes city's visitor center | King St, 221 | Ramsay House | Historic preservation |
| 2017/06/08 | Preservation in Alexandria gets off to a slow start | King St, 221 | Ramsay House | Historic preservation |
| 2017/06/01 | Alexandria's first foray into preservation | King St, 221 | Ramsay House | Historic preservation |
| 2017/05/18 | Historic tree located in Old Town | Washington St, N, 220 | The Lloyd House | Tree |
| 2017/05/11 | Alexandria cotton mill that became a Civil War torture chamber | Washington St, N, 515 | Mount Vernon Cotton Factory | Civil War, prison |
| 2017/05/04 | Union seized and used churches as Civil War hospitals based on ideology | Washington St, S, 115 | Washington Street Methodist Church Hospital | Civil War, Union Hospitals, church |
| 2017/04/27 | Revisiting another Civil War era hospital | King St, 622-626 | Washington Hall Hospital | Civil War, Union Hospitals |
| 2017/04/13 | Hallowell Hospital utilized during Civil War | Washington St, N, 200 block | Old Hallowell Hospital | Civil War, Union Hospitals, Hallowell, school |
| 2017/03/30 | Rebel homes, confiscated for Union wounded | Washington St, N, 414 | Grosvenor Hospital | Civil War, Union hospitals, Lee-Fendall House |
| 2017/03/23 | Two homes key in Alexandria's Contraband history | Washington St, S, 321-323 | Contrabands Hospital | Civil War, Union hospitals, Contrabands |
| 2017/03/16 | The Lyceum: From salon of learning to makeshift hospital | Washington St, S, 201 | Alexandria History Museum at The Lyceum | Civil War, Union hospitals, Hallowell |
| 2017/03/09 | How a church became a Civil War hospital | Washington St, S, 212 | Downtown Baptist Church | Civil War, Union hospitals, church |
| 2017/03/02 | The racial divide of local Civil War medicine | Duke St, 1315 | L'Ouverture Hospital | Civil War, Union hospitals, medicine, African American, U.S. Colored Troops |
| 2017/02/23 | The little mysteries along Alexandria's streets | Signs, plaques, downspouts | ||
| 2017/02/09 | A temporary bridge across the Potomac | World War II, Long Bridge, Marbury Point, North Old Town | ||
| 2017/01/26 | From D.C. jail to Alexandria slave bazaar | St. Asaph St, N 401 | Alexandria Jail | Slavery, Anti-Slavery Society, abolition, Alexandria jail |
| 2017/01/19 | The center of Alexandria's slave trading operations | Duke St, 1315 | Franklin and Armfield Slave Pen | Slavery, Anti-Slavery Society, abolition |
| 2017/01/12 | A key Potomac River slave trading port | Slavery, Anti-Slavery Society, abolition | ||
| 2017/01/05 | A 19th century society formed against slavery | Anti-Slavery Society, slavery, abolition | ||
| 2016/12/15 | A small slice of automotive history | King St, 1100 | Aero Chevrolet | Car dealership, Camaro Z-28, Hugh Heishman |
| 2016/12/08 | The city's slow recovery after World War 1 | Great Depression, early 20th century, historic preservation, municipal improvements, 1935 aerial view of King Street | ||
| 2016/11/24 | The long road back to prosperity | Washington St | Parade, Tercentennial, 150th anniversary | |
| 2016/11/17 | World War II and redevelopment in the west | Braddock Rd and King St | Bradlee Shopping Center | Menokin, Morven, Torthorwald, Shirley Highway, Fairlington, Aerial photo |
| 2016/11/10 | A view of Alexandria's crossroads | Braddock Rd and King St | Bradlee Shopping Center | Aerial photo, King Street, Braddock Road, Quaker Lane, Seminary Road, Annexation, Fairlington, Menokin, Cassius Lee, Episcopal High School, Rosenwald school, Oakland Baptist Church, Minnie Howard School, T.C. Williams High School, Bradlee Shopping Center |
| 2016/10/27 | The Port City takes its moniker as downtown takes shape | 1748 map, tobacco warehouse, Ralph's Gut, Rolling Road | ||
| 2016/10/20 | A growing city's growing water supply | St. Asaph St, N, 107 | Alexandria Water Company | Public health, water supply |
| 2016/10/13 | Alexandria's favorite son takes the oath of office | Washington S, N, 118 | Christ Church | George Washington, inauguration, Friendship Fire Company |
| 2016/10/06 | Another 19th century city panorama | Map, panorama, Palmatary, Lee Corner, Mount Vernon Cotton Mill, Lee-Fendall House | ||
| 2016/09/29 | A Civil War landmark destroyed by fire |
King St and S Pitt |
Marshall House Hotel | Civil War, Ellsworth, Jackson, fire |
| 2016/09/22 | Multimodal transportation in 20th century Alexandria | Transportation, George Washington Memorial Parkway, car barn, railroad | ||
| 2016/09/08 | The expansion west and its impact on street names | Street names | ||
| 2016/09/01 | What's in a street name? | Street names | ||
| 2016/08/25 | Getting streets ahead on city planning | 1748 plat map, street names | ||
| 2016/08/04 | A fine home with a long history | Duke St, 601 | Dulaney House | Residence, architecture, Benjamin Dulaney |
| 2016/07/21 | A tavern and bath house ahead of its time | Cameron St, 405 | Tavern, bath house, Thomas Shields, Frederick Shuck | |
| 2016/07/07 | When Alexandria had a jockey club | Franklin St, 814 | Jockey club | Sports, horse racing, race track, Gadsby's Tavern, John Carlyle, Elisha Cullen Dick, George Washington |
| 2016/06/30 | A multipurpose City Hall for an evolving city | King St, 301 | City Hall | Adolf Cluss, Architect |
| 2016/06/23 | Monroe Ave | Simpson Field | Maskell C. Ewing map, Almshouse, Simpson Field | |
| 2016/06/16 | The south of the city starts to grow | Maskell C. Ewing map | ||
| 2016/06/09 | Maskell C. Ewing map, roads, transportation | |||
| 2016/06/02 | The “Red Architect” and his role shaping City Hall | King St, 301 | City Hall | Adolf Cluss, Architect |
| 2016/05/26 | Alexandria struggles as part of the nation’s capital | Maskell C. Ewing map, Alexandria Canal, Retrocession | ||
| 2016/05/19 | A photographic documentation of Jones Point’s evolution | Jones Point, Virginia Shipyard | Virginia Shipbuilding Company, waterfront, George William Harris, Martha Ewing, Photography, Gunston Hall, Betsy Bell | |
| 2016/05/12 | A local photographer who started young | Jones Point, Virginia Shipyard | Virginia Shipyard, waterfront, George William Harris, Photography | |
| 2016/05/05 | A World War 1 era photographic documentation of the city | Jones Point, Virginia Shipyard | Virginia Shipyard, waterfront, Andrew J. Russell, Francis Benjamin Johnston, Harris and Ewing, Photography | |
| 2016/04/28 | Gone from the city, but not forgotten | James O'Leary, waterfront | ||
| 2016/04/21 | A notable waterfront family has an impact on the Port City | James O'Leary, waterfront, The Chicago, The Reliant | ||
| 2016/04/14 | Old habits die hard in post-Civil War Alexandria | Royal St, S, 404 | George Seaton House | Civil War, Reconstruction, African American, Contrabands, George Seaton |
| 2016/04/07 | The effects of emancipation in Alexandria | Civil War, Reconstruction, voting, African American | ||
| 2016/03/31 | The struggle begins for post-Civil War freedoms | Civil War, Reconstruction, African American | ||
| 2016/03/24 | Civil War heralded a shift in Alexandria's societal norms | King St, 400 block | Civil War, Reconstruction, African American | |
| 2016/03/17 | A post-Civil War population explosion | Reconstruction, Civil War, Contrabands, Freedmen's Bureau, African American | ||
| 2016/03/10 | Alexandrians struggled before and after the war | Union St, S | Reconstruction, Civil War, waterfront warehouses | |
| 2016/03/03 | Portner's Brewery, Warfield's Drugstore | Robert Portner, Edgar Warfield, Reconstruction, Civil War | ||
| 2016/02/24 | The economic recovery from Civil War begins | Civil War, Reconstruction, Gen. John Schofield | ||
| 2016/02/17 | An occupied city and the misfortunes of war | Fairfax St, N,121 | Mansion House Hospital | Civil War, Occupation, James Green |
| 2016/02/11 | From Del Ray to Monterey Pop | The Mamas and the Papas | ||
| 2016/02/04 | The Mamas and the Papas, Scott McKenzie, Philip Blondheim | |||
| 2016/01/28 | At GW High School, some California dreamin’ | Commonwealth Ave, 1520 | Mama Cass, The Mamas and the Papas, George Washington High School | |
| 2016/01/21 | From grand old homestead to local bank | Duke St, 700 | Jonathan Janney | |
| 2016/01/14 | Before the Doors, and possibly after | Mt Vernon Ave, 1005 | George Washington High School | Jim Morrison, The Doors |
| 2016/01/07 | Jim Morrison and the Alexandria Arena | St Asaph St, N, 801 | Alexandria Arena | Roller Rink, Jim Morrison, The Doors |
| 2015/12/17 | A look to the north of Civil War Alexandria | Charles Magnus, Bird's Eye View, Civil War | ||
| 2015/12/10 | A commemoration of the 1855 fire | King St, 100 block | Dowell China Shop | Fire, Friendship Firehouse |
| 2015/12/03 | The fight for property rights after the Civil War | Charles Magnus, Bird's Eye View, Francis L. Smith, Freedmen's Cemetery, Arlington Cemetery, Lee-Custis Mansion, Arlington House | ||
| 2015/11/26 | A blessing and a meal with a future pope | Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, Pope John Paul II, Gadsby's Tavern Restaurant, Parkfairfax | ||
| 2015/11/19 | The firehouse steeple brought down by weather | Alfred St, S, 107 | Friendship Firehouse Museum | Charles Magnus, Bird's Eye View, architect Robert Mills |
| 2015/11/12 | The German descent upon Alexandria | King St | Charles Magnus, Bird's Eye View, Civil War, German immigration | |
| 2015/11/05 | A Civil War print of the Union-occupied city | Market Square | Marshall House, Civil War, Charles Magnus, Bird's Eye View | |
| 2015/10/29 | Alexandria’s Evolution as Seen by an Illustrator | Charles Magnus, Bird's Eye View, Civil War | ||
| 2015/10/22 | A hotel important in peace and war | Fairfax St, N, 121 | Carlyle House | Founding of Alexandria, French and Indian War, Civil War |
| 2015/10/15 | The Civil War's beginnings in Alexandria | Callahan Dr, 101 | Shuter's Hill | Fort Ellsworth, Civil War |
| 2015/10/08 | The desire for streetcars in Alexandria | Del Ray | Del Ray, street car, transportation | |
| 2015/10/01 | Del Ray's love of cookie-cutter homes | DeWitt Ave, 2707 | Emmanuel Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church | Del Ray, Churches |
| 2015/09/24 | The growth of education in Del Ray | Mount Vernon Ave | Mount Vernon School | Del Ray, George Washington High School, education |
| 2015/09/17 | City growth brings a need for city education | Mount Vernon Ave | Mount Vernon School | Del Ray, St. Elmo, education |
| 2015/09/10 | New roadways to a new capitol city | Mount Vernon Ave | Del Ray | St. Elmo, street car suburb |
| 2015/09/03 | The West End finally joins Alexandria | Duke St | West End | West End neighborhood, annexation |
| 2015/08/27 | The wild West End | Duke St | West End | West End neighborhood |
| 2015/08/20 | The road to Alexandria's commercial success | Commerce St | Ting Moi Laundry Building | Business |
| 2015/08/13 | From military barracks to an unsanitary military hospital | Callahan Dr, 101 | Shuter's Hill | Slough Barracks, Civil War hospital |
| 2015/08/06 | The West End emerges | West End | West End | West End neighborhood |
| 2015/07/30 | The history of Alexandria's own beef industry | King St | Hooff's Meadow | Slaughterhouse |
| 2015/07/23 | The West Family and the city's West End | West End | West End | West End neighborhood |
| 2015/07/16 | A gem of a house on Prince Street | Prince St, 517 | Murray-Dick-Fawcett House | Residential |
| 2015/07/09 | A renovated City Hall for expanding city services | King St, 301 | City Hall | City Hall in the 1960s |
| 2015/07/02 | Expansion of City Hall to reflect changing uses in new century | King St, 301 | City Hall | City Hall in 1907 |
| 2015/06/25 | City Hall, but not as we know it | King St, 301 | City Hall | City Hall |
| 2015/06/11 | A Masonic influence at City Hall | King St, 301 | City Hall | Architect Adolf Cluss |
| 2015/05/28 | Rebuilding the devastated City Hall | King St, 301 | City Hall | Market House |
| 2015/05/21 | A devastating fire brings sweeping changes | King St, 301 | City Hall | Market Square, fire |
| 2015/05/14 | The Port City's first seat of government | King St, 301 | City Hall | Latrobe, Court House, City Hall |
| 2015/05/07 | The origins of Alexandria's most famous building | King St, 301 | City Hall | 1749 map, Market Square |
| 2015/04/30 | A dyed-in-the-wool Alexandrian | King St, 400-402 | Gregory Buildings | Urban renewal |
| 2015/04/23 | The local origin story of Robert E. Lee | Cameron St, 611 | General Henry Lee House | Robert E. Lee, Henry Lee |
| 2015/04/16 | A city decimated by the Civil War | Duke St, 1000 | Rail Barns | Civil War, railroad |
| 2015/04/09 | A model Alexandrian for the Model T coupe | Ford Motor Company, Ramey | ||
| 2015/04/02 | A temporary home for a revolutionary hero | St. Asaph St, S, 301 | Lawrason House | Lafayette |
| 2015/03/26 | A Civil War photographer who died in destitution | Waterfront | Civil War, photography, James F. Gibson | |
| 2015/03/19 | The evolution of Volusia from the Civil War into the 20th century | Duke St, 4513 | Volusia | Civil War, Aerial photograph 1937, Felix Richards |
| 2015/03/12 | Amidst the hustle and bustle, a piece of Civil War history | Duke St, 4513 | Volusia | Civil War, Aerial photograph 1937, Felix Richards |
| 2015/03/05 | A replacement bridge over the Potomac | Capital Beltway | Wilson Bridge | Roads |
| 2015/02/19 | Concrete solutions to growing traffic congestion | George Washington Memorial Parkway | Roads | |
| 2015/02/12 | A direct route to George Washington's home | George Washington Memorial Parkway | Roads | |
| 2015/02/05 | All dried up | Cameron Run | Hunting Creek | |
| 2015/01/29 | Finding the right location for the Port City | Map | ||
| 2015/01/15 | Expanding power for an expanding city | Slater's Lane | Potomac Electric Power Company | Public utility |
| 2015/01/08 | A historic property with a bright future | Washington St, N, 329 | Old Leadbeater House | Residence |
| 2014/12/18 | A part of the Port City is relocated to New York City | Royal St, N, 134 | Gadsby's Tavern Museum | Aerial photography, 1919, Gadsby's Tavern Museum |
| 2014/12/11 | A vital waterfront property in peace and war | Union St, N, 105 | Torpedo Factory | Aerial photograph, 1919, Alexandria Naval Torpedo Station |
| 2014/12/04 | The long history of Lloyd House | Washington St, N, 201 | The Lloyd House | Aerial photograph, 1919, Lloyd House |
| 2014/11/20 | A home for Alexandria's criminals | St Asaph St at Princess St | Alexandria Jail | Aerial photograph, 1919, Alexandria Jail |
| 2014/11/13 | Taking inventory of Market Square | King St, 301 | Market Square | Aerial photograph, 1919, Market Square |
| 2014/11/06 | Viewing the Port City from on high | Aerial photograph, 1919 | ||
| 2014/10/30 | A place for the wounded in Civil War Alexandria | Pendleton St at N. Payne St | Sickel Hospital | Civil War, Photography |
| 2014/10/23 | Rolling on the river | Union St | Railroad Wharf | Civil War, Photography |
| 2014/10/16 | The true cost of war | Wilkes St | Alexandria National Cemetery | Civil War, Photography |
| 2014/10/09 | Photography on the front lines | Government Hay Barns | Civil War, Photography | |
| 2014/10/02 | A view of war | Princess at N. Lee St | U.S. Fire Department | Civil War, Photography |
| 2014/09/25 | A tailored piece of property on South Royal Street | Royal St, S, 113 | Urban renewal | |
| 2014/09/18 | Under a football field, a reminder of Alexandria's past | Mount Vernon Ave, 1005 | George Washington High School | Bicentennial |
| 2014/09/11 | Forming one of Alexandria's most iconic parkways | Washington St | Roads | |
| 2014/09/04 | Dedication of memorial marks end of long journey for cemetery | Washington St, S, 1001 | Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial | African American history |
| 2014/08/28 | Remembering the British invasion of Alexandria | War of 1812 | ||
| 2014/08/21 | An unlocked corner of Alexandria's history | Washington St, S, 520 | Demaine's Funeral Home | Funeral home |
| 2014/08/14 | The evolution of Market Square | King St, 301 | Market Square | Urban renewal |
| 2014/08/07 | A military mansion | St. Asaph St, S, 209 | Slough Headquarters | Civil War |
| 2014/07/31 | The short golden age of streetcars | Franklin St at S. Royal St | Streetcars | |
| 2014/07/24 | Levity in a time of war | Lee St, S at Franklin | Battery Rodgers | Civil War |
| 2014/07/17 | A bland building with rich commercial history | King St, 420 | Samuel Miller Building | Urban renewal |
| 2014/07/10 | From Russia with love | Civil War, Russian frigate | ||
| 2014/07/03 | A long time home for man's best friend | Oronoco St, 614 | Lee-Fendall House | Museum |
| 2014/06/26 | King Street's victims of urban renewal | King St, 416-418 | The Kennedy Buildings | Urban renewal |
| 2014/06/19 | Local railroad tycoon once set sail, sort of | Jones Point | Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation | Shipbuilding |
| 2014/06/12 | Friendship Fire Company's suction pump | Alfred St, S, 107 | Friendship Firehouse Museum | Museum, Firehouse |
| 2014/06/05 | The many transformations of the Alexandria High School | Columbus St, S, 218 | St. John's Academy | School |
| 2014/05/29 | A place of learning and a place of healing | Queen St, 601-603 | Brockett School, Queen Street Hospital | Civil War Hospital; School |
| 2014/05/22 | A building where a President and Chief Justice once stood | Fairfax St, N, 200 | Wise's Tavern | Tavern |
| 2014/05/15 | Capitol Theatre once served as sole black movie theatre | Queen St, 1101 | Capitol Theatre | Theater; African American |
| 2014/05/08 | From opulent home to military hospital and back again | Wolfe St, 510 | Wolfe Street Hospital | Civil War Hospital |
| 2014/05/01 | A dyed-in the wool Alexandrian | King St, 400-402 | Gregory Buildings | Urban renewal |
| 2014/04/24 | From cutting edge to obsolete in a decade: Hotel George Mason | Washington St, S, at Prince, NE corner | George Mason Hotel | Hotel |
| 2014/04/17 | The road to Alexandria's commercial success | Commerce St | Ting Moi Laundry Building | Business |
| 2014/04/10 | When Johnny Bull came to town | War of 1812 | ||
| 2014/04/03 | Alexandria's role in the Poor People's Campaign | Civil Rights | ||
| 2014/03/27 | A Port City suffragette | Suffragist, Caroline Hallowell Miller | ||
| 2014/03/20 | Alexandria's Invincible woman | Seminary Rd at N. Howard | Vaucluse | Civil War, Constance Fairfax Cary Harrison |
| 2014/03/13 | A champion of Alexandria's most underserved residents | Civil Rights, Annie B. Rose | ||
| 2014/03/06 | The first lady of Alexandria | Crown View Drive, 514 | Gerald R. Ford House | Betty Ford |
| 2014/02/27 | Admiring the determination of black refugees in Civil War-era Alexandria | Washington St, S, 1001 | Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial | African American history |
| 2014/02/20 | Recalling the final resting place for escaped slaves | Washington St, S, 1001 | Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial | African American history |
| 2014/02/13 | What happened to one of Washington's local watering holes? | King St, 301 | Arell's Tavern | Tavern |
| 2014/02/06 | The house that George didn't build | Cameron St, 508 | George Washington Townhouse | Residence |
| 2014/01/30 | A victim of urban renewal | King St, 503-507 | First National Bank | Urban renewal |
| 2014/01/23 | Tracing the history of the 'Gilpin Map' | Map | ||
| 2014/01/16 | Odd Fellows Hall served as Alexandria's rationing headquarters during WWII | Columbus St, N, 218 | Odd Fellows Hall | Club |
| 2014/01/09 | A church for presidents | Washington St, N, 118 | Christ Church | Church |
| 2013/12/26 | King Street at Christmastime | King St | King Street | |
| 2013/12/19 | Looking at the history of the Janney House | Duke St, 404 | Janney House | Residence |
| 2013/12/05 | From rural to urban: the West End's rapid transformation | Shirley Highway | Roads | |
| 2013/11/26 | National Fruit Product Co. goes up in flames | Wythe St, 1100 block | National Fruit Product Company | Business |
| 2013/11/21 | Tracing the rise of Alfred Street Baptist Church | Alfred St, S, 301 | Alfred Street Baptist Church | Church, African American |
| 2013/11/14 | How the Civil War paved the way for Beulah Baptist Church | Washington St, S, 320 | Beulah Baptist Church | Church, African American |
| 2013/11/07 | Notorious local slave dealer had hand in Solomon Northup's kidnapping | Duke St, 1315 | Alexandria Slave Pen | African American history, Slavery |
| 2013/10/31 | King Street of yesteryear | King St, 600 block | King Street | |
| 2013/10/24 | The silent sentinel of North Washington Street | Washington St, N, 515 | Mount Vernon Cotton Factory | Business |
| 2013/10/17 | A city home to architecture of 'no equal' | Prince Street, 100 and 200 blocks | Residence | |
| 2013/10/10 | Alexandria's lost oasis | Washington St, S | Broomilaw Point | Parks |
| 2013/10/03 | Unique example of architecture sacrificed for urban renewal | King St, 312 | Urban renewal | |
| 2013/09/26 | The real-life Long John Silver | Swift's Alley | Pirate | |
| 2013/09/19 | The long road to public use for The Lyceum | Washington St, S, 201 | Alexandria History Museum at The Lyceum | Museum, Civil War Hospital |
| 2013/09/12 | How a bank building became a hotel and Civil War hospital | Fairfax St, N, 133 | Bank of Alexandria | Civil War Hospital; bank; hotel |
| 2013/09/05 | City's first mayor considered Washington a close friend | Prince St, 200 | Robert Townsend Hooe House | Residence |
| 2013/08/29 | Prominent resident hit hard by Panic of 1819 | King St, 532 | Adam Lynn, Jr. Silver Shop | Silversmith |
| 2013/08/22 | The rise and fall of an early Alexandrian | King St., 518-520 | Adam Lynn, Jr. House | Residence |
| 2013/08/15 | Storied stadium wasn't always a ball field | Monroe Ave, E, 426 | Eugene Simpson Memorial Stadium | Parks |
| 2013/08/08 | Return to 'The Blue Door' | Wolfe St, 708 | Residence | |
| 2013/08/01 | New Woman' captures city's historic buildings | Wolfe St, 708 | Photography | |
| 2013/07/25 | Post-war shopping center gave Arlandria its name | Mount Vernon Ave at S. Glebe | Arlandria Shopping Center | Retail |
| 2013/07/18 | From paperboy to politician | Fairfax St, S, 111 | James Randall Caton House | Residence |
| 2013/07/10 | Testing facility led the way to railway improvements | Henry St, S, 409 | Southern Railway System Headquarters | Railroad |
| 2013/07/03 | Got milk? Alexandria did | Pitt, N, at Princess | Alexandria Dairy | Business |
| 2013/06/27 | Home of early mayor saved just in the nick of time | Pitt St, S, 700 | Taylor-Fraser House | Residence |
| 2013/06/20 | Innovative school served local black students | Washington St, S, 418 | Lancastrian School | School, African American |
| 2013/06/13 | Towering ode to first president finally completed | Callahan Dr, 101 | George Washington Masonic National Memorial | Museum |
| 2013/06/06 | Alexandria's tribute to George Washington takes shape | Callahan Dr, 101 | George Washington Masonic National Memorial | Museum |
| 2013/05/30 | After devastating fire, Alexandria's Masons rebuild in grand fashion | Callahan Dr, 101 | George Washington Masonic National Memorial | Museum |
| 2013/05/23 | After the war, Alexandrians flocked to shopping centers | Powhatan St | Powhatan Shopping Center | Retail |
| 2013/05/16 | Curtains closed on Virginia Theatre after 29-year run | First St, 601 | Virginia Theatre | Theater |
| 2013/05/09 | Del Ray's one-time love of cookie-cutter homes | DeWitte Ave, 2707 | Emmanuel Temple | Church |
| 2013/05/02 | Bidding adieu to Vaucluse | Seminary Rd at N. Howard | Vaucluse | Residence |
| 2013/04/27 | Alexandria architect leaves his mark | Quaker Lane, N, 514 | Charles Goodman House | Residence |
| 2013/04/18 | The Old Club served up fine dining in a city hungry for choices | Washington St, S, 555 | Old Club | Restaurant |
| 2013/04/11 | From trash to ash | Payne St, S, 801 | Incinerator | Public building |
| 2013/04/04 | Tracking the history of Alexandria Union Station | Callahan Dr, 110 | Alexandria Union Station | Railroad |
| 2013/03/28 | HoJo's made inroads in Alexandria for a time | Washington St, N, 825 | Howard Johnson's | Restaurant |
| 2013/03/21 | Early fast-food joints made North Washington Street home | Washington St, N, 828 | Little Tavern | Restaurant |
| 2013/03/14 | When polar bears overlooked North Washington Street | Washington St, N, 901 | Beck's Frozen Custard | Restaurant |
| 2013/03/07 | Before hotels, magnate dabbled in restaurants | Washington St, N, 905 | Hot Shoppes | Restaurant |
| 2013/02/28 | Alexandria's descent into the slave trade | Duke St, 1707 | Bruin Slave Pen | African American history; Slavery |
| 2013/02/21 | Port City's short-lived bid to become 'children's capitol of the nation' | Jones Point | Parks | |
| 2013/02/14 | The mysterious origins of the seminary post office | Seminary Rd, 3737 | Seminary Road Post Office | Public building |
| 2013/02/07 | Love blossoms on Lee Corner | Princess St, 607 | Lee | |
| 2013/01/31 | Life with the Lees | Princess St, 609 | Lee | |
| 2013/01/24 | From byway to highway | Shirley Highway | Roads | |
| 2013/01/17 | Highway project fueled West End early development | Shirley Highway | Roads | |
| 2013/01/10 | A jack of all trades | Washington St, N, 515 | Mount Vernon Cotton Factory | Business |
| 2013/01/03 | Storied home lost in 1960s urban renewal | Royal St, S, 109 | Urban renewal | |
| 2012/12/20 | When ‘Broadway Joe’ came to town | Mount Vernon Ave, 1005 | George Washington High School | Joe Namath, Football |
| 2012/12/13 | An Alexandrian's day of infamy | World War II | ||
| 2012/12/06 | Lloyd House becomes home to Alexandria's history | Washington St, N, 220 | The Lloyd House | Residence |
| 2012/11/29 | 'George Washington Bathed Here!' | Washington St, N, 220 | The Lloyd House | Residence |
| 2012/11/22 | Old Town home's similarity to Gadsby's Tavern no surprise | Washington St, N, 220 | The Lloyd House | Residence |
| 2012/11/15 | California dreamin' rock stars once called Alexandria home | Mount Vernon Ave, 1005 | George Washington High School | School |
| 2012/11/08 | Old Town home housed several notable residents | King St at N Washington St | John Gordon House | Residence |
| 2012/11/01 | Calling all Alexandrians | Mount Vernon Ave, 1306 | C&P Telephone Building | Business |
| 2012/10/25 | Historic photograph captures the signs of the time | King St, 300 block, north side | Urban Renewal | |
| 2012/10/18 | When 'Carpenter Gothic' was the rage in Alexandria | Prince St and S Washington St | Architecture, residence | |
| 2012/10/11 | Old Town fountain didn't hold water with residents | Cameron St and N Royal St | Fountain | |
| 2012/10/04 | From Confederate soldier to prosperous shopkeeper | King St and N Pitt St | Warfield Building | Shopping |
| 2012/09/27 | Edmund Jennings Lee House | Washington St, N,426 | Edmund Jennings Lee House | Residence |
| 2012/09/20 | There were lords among us in Alexandria | Cameron St, 607 | The Lord Fairfax House | Residence |
| 2012/09/13 | Savvy marketing to a motorized society | Patrick St, S, 701 | Gateway Market | Shopping |
| 2012/09/06 | Funerals, jockeys, horses and George Washington | Franklin St, 815 | Alexandria Jockey Club | Social club |
| 2012/08/30 | The parkway that never was | Roads | ||
| 2012/08/23 | The magnificence of First and Citizens Bank National Bank | King St and S Saint Asaph St | First and Citizens National Bank | Bank |
| 2012/08/16 | Home to one of Edward R. Murrow's 'boys' | Pegram St, N, 1226 | Eric Severeid House | Residence, Severeid |
| 2012/08/09 | The Union Army's bread and butter | Princess St and S Fayette St | Civil War, bakery | |
| 2012/08/02 | Friendship Fire Co. celebrates 238-year anniversary | Alfred St, S, 107 | Friendship Firehouse Museum | Fire fighting |
| 2012/07/26 | Alexandria's floral companies in full bloom | Fayette St, N, 114 | Business | |
| 2012/07/19 | Summering with the Washingtons -- yes, those Washingtons | Franklin St | Arch Hall | Residence |
| 2012/07/12 | Next-door neighbors and nothing alike | King St, 322-324 | Architecture | |
| 2012/07/05 | A home's history at 213 S. Pitt St. | Pitt St, 213 | Residence | |
| 2012/06/28 | Child labor laws were too late for Alexandria Glass employees | Montgomery St | Alexandria Glass Company | Child labor |
| 2012/06/21 | Stockades built by escaped slaves bolstered Union cause | Duke St | Civil War | |
| 2012/06/14 | Silver shop shined and then faded in downtown | King St, 318 | Silversmith, John Adam | |
| 2012/06/07 | The life and lessons of the Alexandria Academy | Washington St, N, 311 | Alexandria Academy | School |
| 2012/05/31 | Duke Street home witnessed city's booms and busts | Duke St, 210 | Dr Craik House | Residence, Dr. Craik |
| 2012/05/24 | Painting the history of a hard-nosed union leader | Oronoco St, 614 | Lee-Fendall House | John Lewis, union leader |
| 2012/05/17 | The Royal: Alexandria's informal seat of power for more than a century | Royal St, N, 109 | The Royal Restaurant | Restaurant |
| 2012/05/10 | Explore Huntley Meadows Park, a former Mason home | Harrison Lane, 6918 | Historic Huntley (Fairfax County) | Residence, Mason |
| 2012/05/03 | AAA historic signs point back to the early motoring craze | Wolfe St, 500 block | Roads | |
| 2012/04/26 | The Woodrow Wilson Bridge: What's in a name? | Woodrow Wilson Bridge | Roads | |
| 2012/04/19 | Cassius Lee's summer home found itself at center of war | Braddock Rd and King St | Menokin | Residence, Lee |
| 2012/04/12 | The USS Alexandria: from seaworthy to scrap metal | USS Alexandria, shipbuilding | ||
| 2012/04/05 | Timberman's Drug Store | Washington St, N, 106 | Timberman's Drug Store | Shopping |
| 2012/03/29 | Hayman's anchored the fashion hub of Northern Virginia | King St, 526-530 | Hayman's Department Store | Shopping |
| 2012/03/22 | The history of Hunting Towers on the Potomac's banks | Washington St, S, 1200-1204 | Hunting Towers | Apartment building |
| 2012/03/15 | The mysterious '57' monument | Wheeler Ave, north side | Monument | |
| 2012/03/08 | Strawberry fields, but not forever | Duke St and Fendall Ave | Strawberry Hill | Residence |
| 2012/03/01 | Establishing Ivy Hill Cemetery | King St, 2823 | Ivy Hill Cemetery | Cemetery |
| 2012/02/23 | The 'megastructure' at Northern Virginia Community College | Beauregard St, N | Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria Campus | School |
| 2012/02/16 | Where's the beef? On the corner of Cameron and Henry | Cameron St and N Henry St | Armour Meat Plant | Industry |
| 2012/02/09 | The Swann-Daingerfield mansion along Prince Street | Prince St., 706 | Swann-Daingerfield House | Residence |
| 2012/02/02 | Before a private residence, 415 Prince St. headquartered a wartime government | Prince St, 415 | Bank of Potomac | Bank |
| 2012/01/26 | Montgomery Ward and the ‘Spirit of Progress’ | King St, 906-908 | Montgomery Ward Department Store | Shopping |
| 2012/01/19 | Before CVS and Diversions: Fairlington Centre in 1950 | Quaker Lane, N and Fern St | Fairlington Centre | Shopping |
| 2012/01/12 | Stale beer: Alexandria's sudsy history | Duke St, west of Diagonal Rd | Shuter's Hill Brewery | Brewery, Shuter's Hill |
| 2012/01/05 | The Hugo Black House | Lee St, S, 619 | Hugo Black House | Residence, Hugo Black |
| 2011/12/22 | Meigs Lodge and the Alexandria National Cemetery | Wilkes St, 1450 | Meigs Lodge | Civil War, cemetery |
| 2011/12/15 | An 'unusually attractive' art deco structure on Washington Street | Washington St, S, at Prince St | Virginia Public Service Co | Architecture |
| 2011/12/08 | The order of the Knights of Pythias | Cameron St, 319 | Knights of Pythias | Social club |
| 2011/12/01 | Hill House, aka Shadow House | Washington St, S, 617 | Hill House | Shadow House |
| 2011/11/22 | Baggett Stadium, an early stage for local athletes | King St, at Harvard St | Baggett Stadium | Sports, baseball |
| 2011/11/17 | Once the best place for thieves to make a buck (or several) | King St, 320 | Alexandria Pawnbrokers | Shopping |
| 2011/11/10 | Ever wonder where Wonder Bread began? On Lee Street. | Lee St, N, 200 block | Civil War, bakery | |
| 2011/11/03 | When the police force got too big for its britches | Pitt St, N, 400 | Police | |
| 2011/10/27 | Home, home on the Union's fortress | Callahan Dr, 101 | Fort Ellsworth | Civil War, Shuter's Hill, George Washington National Masonic Memorial |
| 2011/10/20 | Tiny tots and busy bees | Richards Lane and Malcolm Place | School | |
| 2011/10/13 | Friendship and fires have gone hand in hand for 173 years | Alfred St, S, 107 | Friendship Firehouse Museum | Firehouse |
| 2011/10/06 | Pave Harlow House, put up a parking lot | Alfred St, N, 100 block | Harlow House | Residence |
| 2011/09/29 | The best fruit, 'segars' and military training around | Duke St and S Columbus St, southeast corner | St. John's Academy | School |
| 2011/09/22 | The simple estate of a Confederate veteran and physician | Fairfax St, S, 113-115 | Bedford Brown Building | Civil War |
| 2011/09/15 | Flooding is an old problem in Alexandria | Four Mile Run | Four Mile Run | Flooding |
| 2011/09/08 | Reed Theater: from community venue to X-rated movie house | King St, 1700 block | Reed Theater | Movie theater |
| 2011/09/01 | Torpedo Factory was Alexandria's foray into the defense industry | Union St, N, 105 | Torpedo Factory | World War I, World War II |
| 2011/08/25 | Soldiers' Rest: a respite for troops of the Civil War | Duke St | Soldiers' Rest | Civil War |
| 2011/08/18 | Iron mill ornamented the White House, Masonic Temple before becoming Safeway | Royal St, S, 500 | Alexandria Iron Works | Industrial |
| 2011/08/11 | Shared Street, varied histories | St. Asaph St, S, 209-211 | Residence | |
| 2011/08/04 | Zion Church's anti-establishment past | Lee St, S, 714 | Zion Church | Church |
| 2011/07/28 | Old firehouse still provides community service | Patrick St, N. 115 | Reliance Fire Company | Firehouse |
| 2011/07/21 | How sweet it is: from military HQ to bank to bakery | King St, 520 | Provost Marshal's Office | Civil War |
| 2011/07/14 | Gerald and Betty Ford once called Alexandria home | Crown View Drive, 514 | Gerald R. Ford House | President Ford, Betty Ford |
| 2011/07/07 | The Hydraulion Engine House | Royal St, N, 209 | Hydraulion Engine House | Firehouse |
| 2011/06/30 | The center of Alexandria's wholesale district | King St, 100 | Corn Exchange | Commerce |
| 2011/06/23 | Alexandria's mom-and-pop grocery stores | Grocery stores | ||
| 2011/06/16 | Capitol Theatre once served as City's sole black movie theater | Queen St, 1101-1103 | Capitol Theatre | African American movie theater |
| 2011/06/09 | Despite popular design, local octagon home fell on hard times | King St | Octagon house | Residence |
| 2011/06/02 | Designed to teach girls, it now houses a design school | Prince St, 1001 | Lee School for Girls | School |
| 2011/05/26 | Arch Hall: from Alexandria to Fairfax to street name | Franklin St, 815 | Arch Hall | Residence |
| 2011/05/19 | Michelbach House and Mount Ida | Russell Rd, 2400 block | Mount Ida | Michelbach House, Mount Ida |
| 2011/05/12 | Before being hanged for treason, Mary Surratt was educated here | Duke St and S. Fairfax St, southwest corner | Academy for Young Ladies | School, Dr. Murphy House |
| 2011/05/05 | Electricity was overrated at West End School | Duke St | West End School | School, George Washington National Masonic Memorial |
| 2011/04/28 | Walking through history with the Paff Shoe Company | Fairfax St, S, 200 | Green Steam Furniture | Paff Shoe Company |
| 2011/04/21 | 510 Wolfe Street: deserted and reclaimed | Wolfe St, 510 | Vowell-Smith House | Residence |
| 2011/04/14 | Odd Fellows Hall, home of secret societies | Columbus St, S, 411 | Odd Fellows Hall | Social club |
| 2011/04/07 | Lighting the Way for $400 a Year | Jones Point | Jones Point Lighthouse | Jones Point |
| 2011/03/31 | Colross: Made in Alexandria, remade in New Jersey | Oronoco St, 1100 | Colross | Residence |
| 2011/03/24 | Journey's End on Virginia Avenue | Virginia Ave, 4 | Journey's End | Residence |
| 2011/03/17 | Electric railway created streetcar suburbs | Washington, Alexandria & Mount Vernon Railway | Streetcar | |
| 2011/03/10 | The Lloyd House: from Lee family fame to educational institution | Fontaine St, 400 | Belmont Farm | St. Stephen & St. Agnes School |
| 2011/03/03 | Cameron Station: From depot to dogs to development | Duke St | Cameron Station | Military |
| 2011/02/24 | A Changing of hands at the French-Lawler House | Washington St, S, 517 | French-Lawler House | Residence |
| 2011/02/17 | Maury Elementary School's bumpy road | Russell Rd, 600 | Maury Elementary School | School |
| 2011/02/10 | Woodies on Washington Street | Washington St, N, 615 | Woodward & Lothrop | Department store |
| 2011/02/03 | 'An Artistic Little' Rosemont Station | Commonwealth Ave | Rosemont Station | Streetcar, Rosemont |
| 2011/01/27 | Early motoring along Washington Street | Washington St | Motoring | |
| 2011/01/20 | St. Paul's Church and a rebel reverend | Pitt St, S, 228 | St. Paul's Church | Church |
| 2011/01/13 | Alexandria coroner's body of work | Braddock Rd, W, 1500 | Wheatley Funeral Home | Coroner, Funeral home |
| 2011/01/06 | Mighty Midget Kitchens | Restaurants | ||
| 2010/12/16 | The controversial John L. Lewis and the Lee-Fendall House | Oronoco St, 614 | Lee-Fendall House | John L. Lewis |
| 2010/12/09 | Mount Ida, spared from Union occupation | Charles Alexander Ct, 305 | Mount Ida | North Ridge, St. Mary's Academy, residence, school |
| 2010/12/02 | Catching Fire: West Marine and Salvage Company | Western Marine and Salvage Co | Marine salvage, ships, World War I | |
| 2010/11/23 | An obstruction for some, a gem for others | Fairfax St, N, 121 | Braddock House | Carlyle House, Green's Mansion House, hotel, Civil War hospital, bank |
| 2010/11/18 | National Fruit Products Company burns | Wythe St, 1100 block | National Fruit Product Company | Cider vinegar mill, White House Brand, fire |
| 2010/11/11 | Mount Vernon and George Mason Schools | Commonwealth Ave, 2901 | Mount Vernon School | George Mason School, education |
| 2010/11/04 | From hogs to Hitler's advisor, Bush Hill saw it all | Eisenhower Ave, 4800 block | Bush Hill | Civil War, World War II, Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstane |
| 2010/10/28 | Hallowell-Carlin House | Washington St, N, 215 | Hallowell-Carlin House | Charles Creighton Carlin, William H. Taft, Civil War hospital |
| 2010/10/21 | The dawn of public transit | Washington St, S, 100 block | AB&W bus line, transportation | |
| 2010/10/14 | The inception of Parkfairfax | Preston Rd | Parkfairfax | World War II housing, Parkfairfax Historic District |
| 2010/10/07 | Old Town's red light district of the past | Lee St, N, 300 block | Police, red light district | |
| 2010/09/30 | The Bluemont Branch | Russel Rd | Bluemont Branch | Railroad |
| 2010/09/23 | A unique example of American architecture on Fairfax Street | Fairfax St, N, 209-211 | Jonah Thompson House | Residence, school, Hallowell's Alexandria Female Seminary, St. Mary's Academy |
| 2010/09/16 | Alexandria City Hall | King St, 301 | City Hall | Market, government |
| 2010/09/09 | Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad | Fairfax St, N, at Princess St | AL&H Railroad | Railroad, train station, Civil War, Quartermaster Department; Alexandria, Loudon and Hampshire Railroad. |
| 2010/09/02 | Lyles-Crouch during desegregation | St Asaph St, S, 530 | Lyles-Crouch School | Education, school, desegregation, Wilkes Street School, Silk factory |
| 2010/08/26 | Mount Auburn | Mt. Vernon Ave, at Sanborn Pl | Mount Auburn | Residence, aerial photograph |
| 2010/08/19 | Citizens National Bank Building | King St, at St. Asaph St | Citizens National Bank | Bank |
| 2010/08/12 | Bellevue and berries | Slater's Lane | Bellevue | Residence |
| 2010/08/05 | Unfit for murderers | St. Asaph St, N, 400 block | Alexandria Jail | Jail, Charles Bullfinch, architect |
| 2010/07/29 | George Washington Park | Callahan Dr, 101 | George Washington Park | Shuter's Hill, George Washington National Masonic Memorial, residences |
| 2010/07/22 | 306 North Washington Street | Washington St, N, 306 | Residence, Xaverian Brothers School for Boys | |
| 2010/07/15 | Alexandria was always a little scrappy | Mill Rd, 2324 | Alexandria Scrap | Junkyard |
| 2010/07/08 | 7-Eleven Store No. 55 | Glebe Rd, W, 1 | 7-Eleven Store No. 55 | People's Choice AME Zion Church, Freedom Way Missionary Baptist Church, Civil unrest |
| 2010/07/01 | Warwick, a destination for Independence Day | Landover St, 2900 block | Warwick Village | Indepence Day celebration |
| 2010/06/24 | Old Dominion Glass Company | Montgomery St, 200 block | Old Dominion Glass Company | Industry, glass factory |
| 2010/06/17 | Do-Nut Dinette | Mount Vernon Ave, 4121 | Do-Nut Dinette | Restaurant |
| 2010/06/10 | Establishing St. Joseph Church | Columbus St, N, 711 | St. Joseph's Catholic Church | Church, African American |
| 2010/06/03 | Battery Rodgers | Lee St, S at Franklin | Battery Rodgers | Civil War, Defenses of Washington |
| 2010/05/27 | D.C. Boundary Markers | King St, 2932 | D.C. Boundary Marker | District of Columbia, boundary stones, DC |
| 2010/05/20 | Franklin and Armfield Office | Duke St, 1315 | Alexandria Slave Pen | Slavery, Civil War prison, Franklin & Armfield; Price, Birch & Company |
| 2010/05/13 | Little Country Church | Quaker Lane, N | Little Country Church | Church |
| 2010/05/06 | Lynhaven Community | Reed Ave, E | Lynhaven | Housing, Lynhaven neighborhood |
| 2010/04/29 | 711 Prince Street | Prince St, 711 | Residence | |
| 2010/04/22 | Lee-Jackson School | Duke St, at S Quaker Ln | Lee Jackson School | School, Education |
| 2010/04/15 | Stone’s Motel | King St, west of Shirley Highway | Stone's Motel | Motel, Patton's Motel, Quality Courts |
| 2010/04/08 | Aspinwall Hall | Seminary Rd, 3737 | Aspinwall Hall | School, education, Virginia Theological Seminary, Civil War hospital |
| 2010/04/01 | Alexandria High School | Cameron St, at N West St | Alexandria High School | School, education |
| 2010/03/25 | Odd Fellows Hall | Columbus St, N, 218 | Odd Fellows Hall | Social club, Muirs Court townhouses, St. John's Academy, school, Civil War |
| 2010/03/18 | Old Lincolnia Road | Van Dorn Street | Old Lincolnia Road | Transportation, roads |
| 2010/03/11 | Richmond Theater | King St, 801 | Richmond Theater | Entertainment, movies, bowling, billiards, school |
| 2010/03/04 | Banner Laundry | Oronoco St, 909 | Banner Laundry | Laundry |
| 2010/02/25 | Kennedy campaign visit | Mount Vernon Ave, 1005 | George Washington High School Stadium | John F. Kennedy campaign, Lyndon Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, school |
| 2010/02/18 | 515 North Washington St. | Washington St, N, 515 | Mount Vernon Cotton Factory | Industry, Civil War |
| 2010/02/11 | Knickerbocker storm in Alexandria | King St, 400 block | Knickerbocker Storm, snow | |
| 2010/02/04 | Pendleton Street Center | Wythe St, 901 | Pendleton Street Center | Recreation, African American, USO, World War I, Segregation |
| 2010/01/28 | The Alexandria Armory | Royal St, S, 200 block | Armory | Spanish American War, World War I |
| 2010/01/21 | Alexandria: Always a dog town | Dog catcher, government, Animal Welfare League | ||
| 2010/01/14 | R.E. Lee Camp Hall | Prince St, 806 | R.E. Lee Camp Hall | Civil War, Prince Street Hospital, museum, Confederacy |
| 2010/01/07 | Alexandria plane crash | Monroe Ave | Simpson Field | transportation, plane crash |
| 2009/12/22 | Hoffman Sugar House | Washington S, N, 200 block | Hoffman Sugar House | Hallowell School, Sugar refinery, business, slave labor |
| 2009/12/17 | Fort Ward Home for Convalescents | Braddock Rd, W, 4400 | Lynn House | Fort Ward Home, Lynn House, Christian Science convalescent home |
| 2009/12/10 | Carver Theater | Queen St, 1120 | Carver Theater | Entertainment, African American movie theater, Antioch Church |
| 2009/12/03 | Shirley-Duke | Duke St, 4513 | Shirley Duke Shopping Center | Shopping, housing, Foxchase |
| 2009/11/24 | First City Pools | Cameron St | Swimming pool, segregation | |
| 2009/11/19 | Mount Vernon Ave Theaters | Mount Vernon Ave, 2402 and 3707 | The Palm and the Vernon Theaters | Entertainment, movies, Del Ray |
| 2009/11/12 | Alexandria Golf Club | Callahan Dr, 101 | Alexandria Golf Club | Shuter's Hill, George Washington Park, George Washington National Masonic Temple |
| 2009/11/05 | 508 Wolfe Street | Wolfe St, 508 | Agudas Achim Synagogue | Synagogue, Wolfe Street Hospital, Civil War, Social Club |
| 2009/10/29 | Alexandria Courthouse | Columbus St, N, 300 block | Alexandria Courthouse | Courthouse |
| 2009/10/22 | Health Crusaders on Mount Vernon Avenue | Mount Vernon Ave | Colasanto Center (Del Ray Artisans) | Jefferson District Welfare Center, Public Health, Del Ray Artisans |
| 2009/10/15 | Old Virginia House | King St, at Peyton St | Virginia House Hotel | Old Virginia House, tornado, Negro Men's Business League, African American hotel |
| 2009/10/08 | George Washington High School Stadium | Mount Vernon Ave, 1005 | George Washington High School Stadium | Joe Namath, sports stadium, school |
| 2009/10/01 | The Durr Home | Seminary Road, 4018 | Durr Home | Residence, architecture, Lyndon Johnson, Jessica Mitford |
| 2009/09/24 | Restored Virginia's Capital | Royal St, N, 138 | Civil War, Restored Virginia government | |
| 2009/09/17 | Beachcombers Restaurant | Prince St, 0 | Beachcombers Restaurant | Restaurant, waterfront |
| 2009/09/10 | Briggs Aeroplane | St. Asaph St, N, at Pendleton St | Brigg's Aeroplane, War War I, seaplanes, airplanes | |
| 2009/09/03 | Early Years of Appomattox | Prince St, at S. Washington St | Appomattox statue | Civil War, confederate statue, art |
| 2009/08/27 | Cameron Valley Construction | Duke St, 3000-3200 blocks | Cameron Valley | World War II housing, public housing |
| 2009/08/20 | Landmark Center | Duke St, 5801 | Landmark Shopping Center | Shopping |
| 2009/08/13 | Bank of Del Ray | Mount Vernon Ave | Bank of Del Ray | Bank, Del Ray |
| 2009/08/06 | Great Blizzard of 1899 | King St | Storm | |
| 2009/07/30 | Trinity Second Meeting House | Washington St, S, 100 block | Trinity Second Meeting House | Church |
| 2009/07/23 | West End Chicken Farming | Chicken farming | ||
| 2009/07/16 | Potomac Town Hall and Firehouse | Windsor Ave, E, 202 | Potomac Town Hall | Town of Potomac, Fire Department, Del Ray |
| 2009/07/09 | Brown's Mill | Wheeler Ave, 3610 | Brown's Mill | Mill |
| 2009/07/02 | The Doniphan Building | Columbus St, N, 101 | Doniphan Building | Apartment building, office building |
| 2009/06/25 | Columbia Firehouse | St. Asaph St, S, 109 | Columbia Firehouse | Firefighting |
| 2009/06/18 | Rural Lincolnia | Little River Turnpike, near I-395 interchange | Lincolnia | Lebanon Union Church, farming |
| 2009/06/11 | Still Busters | St Asaph St at Princess St | Prohibition, Police, Jail | |
| 2009/06/04 | Seminary Hill Stakeout | Seminary Road | Journalism, Justice Hugo Black | |
| 2009/05/28 | 414 North Washington Street | Washington St, N, 414 | Civil War, Grosvenor House Hospital, Anthony Cazenove, Leadbeater | |
| 2009/05/21 | Upper King Street | King St | Upper King Street | Business, shopping |
| 2009/05/14 | Volusia | Duke St, 4513 | Volusia | Fox Chase Shopping Center, slaves, plantation |
| 2009/05/07 | Key Motel | Duke St, 6022 | Key Motel | Motel |
| 2009/04/30 | Old Custom House and Post Office | Prince St at St. Asaph | Old Custom House | Customs House, Post Office |
| 2009/04/23 | 201 North Fairfax Street | Fairfax St, N, 201 | Wise's Tavern | Tavern |
| 2009/04/16 | Fruit Growers Express | Quaker Lane, S | Fruit Growers Express | Railroad,, business, Dash Bus |
| 2009/04/09 | Taylor-Fraser House | Pitt St, S, 109 | Taylor-Fraser House | Residence, architecture |
| 2009/04/02 | Shuman's Bakery | King St, 516 | Shuman's Bakery | Bakery, business |
| 2009/03/26 | Early Construction of the Masonic Memorial | Callahan Dr, 101 | George Washington Masonic National Memorial | Memorial, Masons, Shuter's Hill |
| 2009/03/19 | Old Dominion Bank | Prince St, 201 | Old Dominion Bank | Bank |
| 2009/03/12 | Old Alexandria Hospital | Washington St, S, 277 | Alexandria Hospital | Health, hospital |
| 2009/03/05 | Old Presbyterian Graveyard | Fairfax St, S, 323 | Old Presbyterian Cemetery | Cemetery, church |
| 2009/02/26 | Alexandria Home Bakery | Henry St, S, 500 block | Alexandria Home Bakery | Bakery, business |
| 2009/02/19 | George Washington Bicentennial | Royal St, S, 309 | St. Mary's Church | George Washington Bicentennial, church |
| 2009/02/12 | George Mason Hotel | Washington St, S, at Prince, NE corner | George Mason Hotel | Hotel |
| 2009/02/05 | Braddock Cannon | Braddock Rd, at Russel Rd | Braddock Cannon | French and Indian War, Braddock, monument |
| 2009/01/29 | Lincoln's Railroad Car | Duke St, at S. Alfred St | USMRR | Lincoln train car, railroad, Civil War |
| 2009/01/22 | Traffic Training | West St, N, at Queen St | Jefferson School | Traffic training, Education |
| 2009/01/15 | War Village in Alexandria | King St, 3210 | Chinquapin Village | World War II housing |
| 2009/01/08 | First National Bank | King St, 503-507 | First National Bank | Bank |
| 2008/12/22 | Westminster Building | Prince St, 521-523 | Westminster Building | |
| 2008/12/18 | Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation | Jones Point | Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation | Industry, ship building |
| 2008/12/11 | 213 South Pitt Street | Pitt St, S, 213 | Residence, architecture | |
| 2008/12/04 | Ford Plant | Union St, S, at Fords Landing Way | Ford Plant | Industry, automobile factory |
| 2008/11/25 | Mushbach House | Washington St, N, 418 | Mushbach House | Residence, architecture |
| 2008/11/20 | Robinson Library | Wythe St, 902 | Robinson Library | Alexandria Black History Museum, Library, Civil Rights, African American |
| 2008/11/13 | Jarbour Jar | David Jarbour, African American, Wilkes Street Pottery, stoneware | ||
| 2008/11/06 | Temple Trailer Village | Telegraph Rd, near Duke St | Temple Trailer Village | Trailer park, housing |
| 2008/10/30 | Soldiers' Cemetery and Protest | Wilkes St | Alexandria National Cemetry | Civil War, African American, Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery |
| 2008/10/23 | Belle Pre Bottle Company | Belle Pre Way, 1111 | Belle Pre Bottle Company | Industry, glass company |
| 2008/10/16 | Cameron Mills and Farm | Telegraph Road near Cameron Run | Cameron Mills and Farm | Farm, mill |
| 2008/10/09 | Alexandria Almshouse | Monroe Ave, E, at Route 1 | Almshouse | Social services, almshouse |
| 2008/10/02 | Alexandria Roller Rink | St. Asaph St, N, 807 | Alexandria Roller Rink | Entertainment |
| 2008/09/25 | Reliance Homes | Duke St, 3700 block | Reliance Homes | Residence, architecture |
| 2008/09/18 | Lannon's Opera House | King St, 500-508 | Lannon's Opera House | Entertainment |
| 2008/09/11 | Reality TV | |||
| 2008/08/28 | Shuter's Hill | Callahan Dr, 101 | Shuter's Hill | Civil War, NY44th |
| 2008/08/21 | Hayman's Flood Sale | Mount Vernon Ave near Four Mile Run | Hayman's Department Store | Shopping, flood |
| 2008/04/17 | Torthorwald | Fairlington | Torthorwald | Residence |
| 2008/04/10 | Seminary School | King St, 3300 block | St. Asaph Race Track | Horse racing, entertainment |
| 2008/04/03 | The Potomac Police Department | Windsor Ave, E, 202 | Potomac Town Hall | |
| 2008/02/21 | Luna Park | Four Mile Run area | Luna Park | Amusement park, entertainment |
| 2007/12/27 | Prehistoric Points | Washington St., S, 1001 | Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial | Prehistoric, cemetery, African American |
| 2007/12/20 | Rare ceramic pitcher on display | Braddock Rd, W, 4301 | Fort Ward Museum and Historic Park | Ellsworth Pitcher, Civil War |
| 2007/12/06 | Cloud's Mill | Cloud’s Mill Way and N. Paxton St. | Cloud's Mill | Mill |
| 2007/11/22 | Alexandria’s bands | Entertainment | ||
| 2007/11/15 | Abolitionist accessories | Wythe St, 902 | Alexandria Black History Museum | African American, slavery, Abolition |
| 2007/10/18 | An elk presides over Prince Street | Prince St, 318 | Elk Club | Social club |
| 2007/10/11 | Poison Bottle | Fairfax St, S., 105-107 | Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum | Apothecary, poison bottle |
| 2007/10/04 | October is Archaeology Month | Union St, N., 105 | Alexandria Archaeology Museum | Archaeology, Lafayette, ceramics |
| 2007/09/27 | WAVES played major role in war at home | Washington St, N., 220 | The Lloyd House | World War II, WAVES |
| 2007/09/13 | Jamestown exhibition at the Lyceum | Washington St, S., 201 | Alexandria History Museum at The Lyceum | Jamestown, Eyler collection |
| 2007/09/06 | Alexandria Canal Tide Lock | Canal Center Plaza | Alexandria Canal | Canal, commerce |