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John Carlyle House, Alexandria, Va. (built 1752) – Vintage Print

John Carlyle House, Alexandria, Va. (built 1752), 1910 — historic photograph
John Carlyle House, Alexandria, Va. (built 1752), 1910. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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John Carlyle House, Alexandria, Va. (built 1752)

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Built in 1752 according to its caption card, the John Carlyle House stood on Fairfax Street in Alexandria, Virginia, when this view was made in 1910. Carlyle was a Scottish-born merchant whose trading business helped make the port town prosperous, and his stone house was one of the more substantial dwellings of its time. In 1755, General Edward Braddock used the house as his headquarters while preparing his expedition against Fort Duquesne, a episode that gives the building a place in colonial military history. The construction date comes from unverified caption data, so it should be read with that caveat.

Created / published1910
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,240 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-172328

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